On 2016-02-19 22:46:44 +0100, Fabien COELHO wrote: > > Hello Andres, > > >Here's the next two (the most important) patches of the series: > >0001: Allow to trigger kernel writeback after a configurable number of > >writes. > >0002: Checkpoint sorting and balancing. > > I will look into these two in depth. > > Note that I would have ordered them in reverse because sorting is nearly > always very beneficial, and "writeback" (formely called flushing) is then > nearly always very beneficial on sorted buffers.
I had it that way earlier. I actually saw pretty large regressions from sorting alone in some cases as well, apparently because the kernel submits much larger IOs to disk; although that probably only shows on SSDs. This way the modifications imo look a trifle better ;). I'm intending to commit both at the same time, keep them separate only because they're easier to ynderstand separately. Andres -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
