On 11 January 2016 at 19:07, Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> wrote:
> On 2016-01-11 20:03:18 +0100, Andres Freund wrote: > > More generally, I'm doubtful that the approach of reading data from WAL > > as proposed here is a very good idea. It seems better to "just" dump the > > entire 2pc state into *one* file at checkpoint time. > > Or better: After determining the checkpoint redo location, insert a WAL > record representing the entire 2PC state as of that moment. That way it > can easily restored during WAL replay and nothing special has to be done > on a standby. This way we'll need no extra wal flushes and fsyncs. > Feel free to submit a patch that does that. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ <http://www.2ndquadrant.com/> PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services