> > In the asynchronous commit documentation, it says: > > *The commands supporting two-phase commit, such as PREPARE TRANSACTION, > are also always synchronous > * > > Does this mean that all queries that are part of a distributed transaction > are synchronous? >
Yep > In our databases we have extremely high disk I/O, I'm wondering if > distributed transactions may be the reason behind it. > could be, but you have to send us more info about your setup, your configuration , especially your io settings, output of vmstats would also be helpful > Thanks > > Vasilis Ventirozos