Re: effective_io_concurrency details

Hello.

>Is effective_io_concurrency working on WinXP sp2 ?
No.
"effective_io_concurrency" works when an OS can use posix_fadvise().
But I think WinXP doesn't have posix_fadvise().

>and what is the difference between effective_io_concurrency = 0
>and effective_io_concurrency = 1
If effective_io_concurrency = 0,PostgreSQL never uses PREFETCH.
On my environment, my PostgreSQL doesn't start up when
effective_io_concurrency=1.
#My environment WinXP sp2 and PostgreSQL is 8.4.4, too.

What I referenced)
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-03/msg00911.php

http://doxygen.postgresql.org/bufmgr_8c-source.html#l00075
pgsql/src/backend/storage/buffer/bufmgr.c
00070 /*
00071 * How many buffers PrefetchBuffer callers should try to stay
ahead of their
00072 * ReadBuffer calls by. This is maintained by the assign hook for
00073 * effective_io_concurrency. Zero means "never prefetch".
00074 */

> Hello.
>
> I have 2 questions:
> Is effective_io_concurrency working on WinXP sp2 ?
> and what is the difference between effective_io_concurrency = 0
> and effective_io_concurrency = 1
>
>
> Postgres 8.4.4
> ------------
> pasman
>
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