Re: Proposed patch: synchronized_scanning GUC variable

From: Kris Jurka <books(at)ejurka(dot)com>
To: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-patches(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: Proposed patch: synchronized_scanning GUC variable
Date: 2008-01-29 05:09:28
Message-ID: Pine.BSO.4.64.0801290006040.1881@leary.csoft.net
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Jeff Davis wrote:

> I think that pg_dump is a reasonable use case for synchoronized scans
> when the table has not been clustered. It could potentially make pg_dump
> have much less of a performance impact when run against an active
> system.
>

One of the advantages I see with maintaining table dump order is that
rsyncing backups to remote locations will work better.

Kris Jurka

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