On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 3:26 AM Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> wrote:
> > > > 6) Disable write cache flushes on windows > > > > > > It's a bit ugly to do this without using the UI... Shaves off > about 30s > > > from the tests. > > > > A brief comment would be nice: "We don't care about persistence over hard > > crashes in the CI, so disable write cache flushes to speed it up." > > Turns out that patch doesn't work on its own anyway, at least not > reliably... I tested it by interactively logging into a windows vm and > testing > it there. It doesn't actually seem to suffice when run in isolation, > because > the relevant registry key doesn't yet exist. I haven't yet figured out the > magic incantations for adding the missing "intermediary", but I'm getting > there... > > You can find a good example on how to accomplish this in: https://github.com/farag2/Utilities/blob/master/Enable_disk_write_caching.ps1 Regards, Juan José Santamaría Flecha
