On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 10:35 -0600, Kevin Grittner wrote: > >>> Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> wrote: > > Simon Riggs wrote: > >> > >> It is on by default. Why would you want it "off" by default? > > > > Would it slow down the normal recovery after a crash if I don't have > > any slaves? > > And how about during "traditional" PITR recovery?
It is possible that it might slow down a traditional PITR recovery. But we enable the bgwriter to do checkpoints if we have it enabled, which were a major cause of slow down during PITR anyway. There are considerable benefits to having it turned on during PITR Please read this to see why http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Hot_Standby#Dynamic_Control_of_Recovery -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
