Re: [HACKERS] Full page writes improvement, code update

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Zeugswetter Andreas ADI SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at>, "Koichi Suzuki" <suzuki(dot)koichi(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Full page writes improvement, code update
Date: 2007-04-24 18:19:30
Message-ID: 6589.1177438770@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> Well, as a PG hacker I find the name wal_fullpage_optimization quite
> baffling and I think our general user base will find it even more so.
> Now that I have Koichi's explanation of the problem, I vote for simply
> slaving this to the PITR settings and not having a separate option at
> all.

The way to not have a separate option is to not need one, by having the
feature not cost anything extra in the first place. Andreas and I have
made the point repeatedly about how to do that.

regards, tom lane

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