| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> | 
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> | 
| Cc: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(at)vondra(dot)me>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> | 
| Subject: | Re: Should we update the random_page_cost default value? | 
| Date: | 2025-10-30 23:13:01 | 
| Message-ID: | aQPw_dCgVycGrUvA@momjian.us | 
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On Thu, Oct  9, 2025 at 08:05:37AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > I rewrote the random_page_cost docs, attached, to remove a focus on
> > magnetic disk, and added network latency as a reason for
> > random_page_cost being low.  I removed the specific caching numbers and
> > went with a more generic description.
> >
> > I would normally apply this only to master, but given the complaints in
> > this thread, maybe I should backpatch it.
> 
> This seems fine to me but I won't be surprised if other people have
> some complaints. :-)
Doc patch applied to all supported releases.
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