Re: [PATCH] Document wal_compression=on

From: wenhui qiu <qiuwenhuifx(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: John Naylor <johncnaylorls(at)gmail(dot)com>, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document wal_compression=on
Date: 2026-06-30 09:27:40
Message-ID: CAGjGUAJr6txwgZ9jC90onH4Gj5OzHHpd0w=B-JYfs+J2kXvL3w@mail.gmail.com
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> Hi
>
> The recent PostgreSQL commit changes the default TOAST compression to lz4 when
> LZ4 support is available, based on the rationale that LZ4 is generally more
> efficient than pglz in terms of CPU usage and compression ratio.Given
> that, should we also consider changing the default compression method used
> by wal_compression = on from pglz to lz4?
>
Currently, wal_compression = on still maps to pglz, while lz4 has to be
> selected explicitly with:
>
> wal_compression = lz4
>
> If LZ4 is now considered stable and preferable enough to become the
> default for TOAST compression, it may be worth aligning WAL compression
> behavior as well, or at least discussing whether on should continue to
> imply pglz.
>

Thanks

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