Re: Do we need so many hint bits?

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Do we need so many hint bits?
Date: 2012-11-16 09:40:07
Message-ID: CA+U5nMJ5_7WqYjopVLQRwNto1QyESvVjv=PJ7P80YWuUFwpbWg@mail.gmail.com
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On 15 November 2012 23:12, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:

> We need detailed stats that allow many people to make their own tests
> and to report on what they find.

To work out how to proceed we need

* wait event times on clog accesses at table-level
* numbers of blocks dirtied by hint bit settings at table-level

That way we can see which tables need to have hint bits set and which don't.

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Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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