Re: file cloning in pg_upgrade and CREATE DATABASE

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: file cloning in pg_upgrade and CREATE DATABASE
Date: 2018-02-21 16:33:18
Message-ID: CA+TgmobyLhndujqZ3p6CVq0+vP95h7=_xQj+-CWsLD9_5EDBCA@mail.gmail.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 10:00 PM, Peter Eisentraut
<peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> Some example measurements:
>
> 6 GB database, pg_upgrade unpatched 30 seconds, patched 3 seconds (XFS
> and APFS)
>
> similar for a CREATE DATABASE from a large template
>
> Even if you don't have a file system with cloning support, the special
> library calls make copying faster. For example, on APFS, in this
> example, an unpatched CREATE DATABASE takes 30 seconds, with the library
> call (but without cloning) it takes 10 seconds.

Nice results.

--
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

In response to

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Robert Haas 2018-02-21 16:44:38 Re: Drop --disable-floatN-byval configure options?
Previous Message Marina Polyakova 2018-02-21 16:15:04 Re: master check fails on Windows Server 2008