On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Jim Nasby <jim.na...@bluetreble.com> wrote: > I think that would help, but it still leaves user backends trying to advance > the clock, which is quite painful. Has anyone tested running the clock in > the background? We need a wiki page with all the ideas that have been tested > around buffer management...
Amit's bgreclaimer patch did that, but we weren't able to demonstrate a clear benefit. I haven't given up on the idea yet, but we've got to be able to prove that it's a good idea in practice as well as in theory. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
