Re: checkpointer continuous flushing - V18

From: Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>
Cc: Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: checkpointer continuous flushing - V18
Date: 2016-03-13 01:21:15
Message-ID: CAMkU=1wEGj-QsDrV6r+31+CDOq=kuGFohSvLVjRn+i__yiX2_w@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:25 PM, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 11:18 PM, Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr> wrote:
>> I can only concur!
>>
>> The "Performance Tips" chapter (II.14) is more user/query oriented. The
>> "Server Administration" bool (III) does not discuss this much.
>
> That's definitely one area in which the docs are lacking -- I've heard
> several complaints about this myself. I think we've been hesitant to
> do more in part because the docs must always be categorically correct,
> and must not use weasel words. I think it's hard to talk about
> performance while maintaining the general tone of the documentation. I
> don't know what can be done about that.

Would the wiki be a good place for such tips? Not as formal as the
documentation, and more centralized (and editable) than a collection
of blog posts.

Cheers,

Jeff

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