Theory question

From: Jayadevan M <maymala(dot)jayadevan(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Theory question
Date: 2013-11-12 01:27:18
Message-ID: CAFS1N4gNE8M1rNfOagbbpFWEGAMUmyf5mqP0J2e7pUy_Eo+mYg@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,
What are the real differences between the bgwriter and checkpointer
process? Both of them write data from the buffer to the data files, right?
Is it just a matter of 'when' they write?
Regards,
Jayadevan

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