Re: Fwd: wal_sync_methods for AIX - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Greg Smith
Subject Re: Fwd: wal_sync_methods for AIX
Date
Msg-id Pine.GSO.4.64.0802191754311.22515@westnet.com
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In response to Re: Fwd: wal_sync_methods for AIX  (JP Fletcher <jpfletch@ca.afilias.info>)
List pgsql-performance
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@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD

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