Simon Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If I/O is a problem, then surely you will agree that PreAllocXLog is > still required and should not be run by a backend?
It is still required, but it isn't run by backends --- it's fired off during checkpoints. I think there was some discussion recently about making it more aggressive about allocating future segments; which strikes me as a good idea. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend