On Thu, 2007-01-11 at 09:01 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > "Simon Riggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > COPY XLogInsert() #1 on oprofile results at 17% CPU > > (full_page_writes = on) > > But what portion of that is actually CRC-related? XLogInsert does quite > a lot. > > Anyway, I can't see degrading the reliability of the system for a gain > in the range of a few percent, which is the most that we'd be likely > to get here ... for a factor of two or more, maybe people would be > willing to take a risk.
All I would add is that the loss of reliability was not certain in all cases, otherwise I myself would have dropped the idea long ago. With the spectre of doubt surrounding this, I'm happy to drop the idea until we have proof/greater certainty either way. Patch revoked. -- Simon Riggs EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
