Re: pg_stat_bgwriter.buffers_backend is pretty meaningless (and more?)

From:	Melanie Plageman <melanieplageman(at)gmail(dot)com>
To:	Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc:	Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Lukas Fittl <lukas(at)fittl(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject:	Re: pg_stat_bgwriter.buffers_backend is pretty meaningless (and more?)
Date:	2022-09-27 18:20:44
Message-ID:	CAAKRu_bqPZQ3KQ2Hf6k6v0jATZXA0NSLLurjEYd1HcEznv=E2Q@mail.gmail.com
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• Re: pg_stat_bgwriter.buffers_backend is pretty meaningless (and more?) at 2022-08-26 19:34:06 from Melanie Plageman

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• Re: pg_stat_bgwriter.buffers_backend is pretty meaningless (and more?) at 2022-09-30 23:17:25 from Lukas Fittl
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