Hi Adam, thanks for taking an interest in this. Btw., I also created this as a jira issue at: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-700
> Henrik, thanks for this cogent and detailed analysis. I was aware that the > 0.11 work queues introduced significantly more checkpoints and thus larger > uncompacted view index files in the normal case where writes to the view > indices are fast. I was not aware that this slowed down overall view > generation time; I had always sort of assumed that the queues would make > optimal use of resources. How many cores do you have on your benchmark rig? Well, these things should really be measured :-). Actually 0.11 writes A LOT to more disk. More I/O almost always means slower. And unfortunately keeping resources busy is not the same as optimal usage. The scheme also has the unintentional effect that faster I/O systems can do more writes thereby using more space. I've used my laptop for benchmarking. It has 2 cores. > It's probably too late to add this simple patch to 0.11, but I'm sure > something like it will be in 1.0 (which should follow shortly on the heels of > 0.11). Best, The patch I submitted is really only a simple stopgap; though it works fairly well. A proper fix it to better control the disk-writeouts. 0.10 had this fairly right with the batch_save_size and batch_save_interval options (which no longer affects views in 0.11). best regards, Henrik