Re: Fwd: wal_sync_methods for AIX

From: Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>
To: JP Fletcher <jpfletch(at)ca(dot)afilias(dot)info>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Fwd: wal_sync_methods for AIX
Date: 2008-02-19 22:57:21
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.64.0802191754311.22515@westnet.com
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On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, JP Fletcher wrote:

> Shared buffers are set to 50000, bgwriter settings are as follows:
>
> bgwriter_delay = 50 # 10-10000 milliseconds between
> rounds
> bgwriter_lru_percent = 20.0 # 0-100% of LRU buffers scanned/round
> bgwriter_lru_maxpages = 300 # 0-1000 buffers max written/round
> bgwriter_all_percent = 5 # 0-100% of all buffers scanned/round
> bgwriter_all_maxpages = 600 # 0-1000 buffers max written/round

Not that it impacts what you're asking about, but that's probably an
excessive setting for bgwriter_lru_percent. With the reduced delay and
scanning that much, you're burning a lot of CPU time doing that for little
benefit.

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* Greg Smith gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD

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