> Well, we're already not waiting for fsync, which is the slowest part. > If there's a performance problem, it may be because FADVISE_DONTNEED > disables kernel buffering so that we're forced to actually read the data > back from disk before sending it on down the wire.
Well, that's fairly direct to solve, no? Just disable FADVISE_DONTNEED if walsenders > 0. -- -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://www.pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers