> I don't think this is based on a useful test for wal_buffers. The > wal_buffers setting only has to be large enough for the maximum amount > of WAL log data that your system emits between commits, because a commit > (from anyone) is going to flush the WAL data to disk (for everyone). > So a benchmark based on short transactions is just not going to show > any benefit to increasing the setting.
Here's a question then - what is the _drawback_ to having 1024 wal_buffers as opposed to 8? Chris ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org