From 7ca6e4c47656d0e3fe5984f9e67aa51f1d22c73c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Melanie Plageman Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:50:45 -0400 Subject: [PATCH v6] more adjustments --- doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml | 30 +++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml index eb837d4622..8bf5e2b92d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/glossary.sgml @@ -256,26 +256,26 @@ Buffer Access Strategy - Some operations will access a large number of - pages. A - Buffer Access Strategy helps to prevent these - these operations from evicting too many pages from - shared buffers. + Some operations will access a large number of pages. A Buffer + Access Strategy helps to prevent these operations from + evicting too many pages from shared buffers. A Buffer Access Strategy sets up references to a limited number of - shared buffers - and reuses them circularly. When the operation requires a new page, a - victim buffer is chosen from the buffers in the strategy, which may - require dirty buffers and possibly also require - WAL to be flushed to disk. - - - Buffer Access Strategies are used for various operations such as; + shared buffers and + reuses them circularly. When the operation requires a new page, a victim + buffer is chosen from the buffers in the strategy ring, which may require + flushing the page's dirty data and possibly also associated WAL to permanent storage. + + + Buffer Access Strategies are used for various operations such as: sequential scans of large tables, VACUUM, - COPY, CREATE TABLE AS SELECT, + COPY, CREATE TABLE AS SELECT (CTAS), ALTER TABLE, CREATE DATABASE, - CREATE INDEX, and CLUSTER. + CREATE INDEX, and CLUSTER. -- 2.37.2