David, > I've seen these messages in the log before, and am aware of the need to > increase checkpoint_segments, but I wasn't aware that recycling a > transaction log could be that damaging to performance. There may have > been some local hiccup in this case, but I'm wondering if recycling is > known to be a big hit in general, and if I should strive to tune so that > it never happens (if that's possible)?
Yes, and yes. Simply allocating more checkpoint segments (which can eat a lot of disk space -- requirements are 16mb*(2 * segments +1) ) will prevent this problem. -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
