On 2017-04-12 10:39:22 +0800, Craig Ringer wrote: > On 12 April 2017 at 08:22, Michael Paquier <michael.paqu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 9:12 AM, Craig Ringer > > <craig.rin...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > >> > >> We should also have a debug --no-fsync option for initdb, or maybe allow it > >> to take -o options to pass to child postgres so we can pass fsync=off . > > > > That's an idea as well... > > OK, looking at this, initdb already runs postgres -F then does its own > fsync()s at the end. > > It already has a -N / --no-sync option too. Which is already used by > PostgresNode.pm . So as much as can be done has already been done > here.
The time in initdb is largely spent in regprocin and server start/stop, so that doesn't surprise me. - Andres -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers