Re: Fwd: [PERFORM] wal_sync_methods for AIX

2008-02-19 Thread Greg Smith
On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, JP Fletcher wrote: Shared buffers are set to 5, bgwriter settings are as follows: bgwriter_delay = 50 # 10-1 milliseconds between rounds bgwriter_lru_percent = 20.0 # 0-100% of LRU buffers scanned/round bgwriter_lru_maxpages = 300

Re: [PERFORM] wal_sync_methods for AIX

2008-02-19 Thread Erik Jones
On Feb 19, 2008, at 3:58 PM, Dan Langille wrote: Erik Jones wrote: On Feb 15, 2008, at 3:55 PM, Dan Langille wrote: We're using PostgreSQL 8.1.11 on AIX 5.3 and we've been doing some playing around with various settings. So far, we've (I say we, but it's another guy doing the work) found

Re: [PERFORM] wal_sync_methods for AIX

2008-02-19 Thread Dan Langille
Erik Jones wrote: On Feb 15, 2008, at 3:55 PM, Dan Langille wrote: We're using PostgreSQL 8.1.11 on AIX 5.3 and we've been doing some playing around with various settings. So far, we've (I say we, but it's another guy doing the work) found that open_datasync seems better than fsync. By how

Re: Fwd: [PERFORM] wal_sync_methods for AIX

2008-02-19 Thread JP Fletcher
Dan Langille wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: "Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: February 15, 2008 5:04:53 PM EST To: Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [PERFORM] wal_sync_methods for AIX -BEGIN PGP SI

Re: [PERFORM] wal_sync_methods for AIX

2008-02-15 Thread Erik Jones
On Feb 15, 2008, at 3:55 PM, Dan Langille wrote: We're using PostgreSQL 8.1.11 on AIX 5.3 and we've been doing some playing around with various settings. So far, we've (I say we, but it's another guy doing the work) found that open_datasync seems better than fsync. By how much, we have n

Re: [PERFORM] wal_sync_methods for AIX

2008-02-15 Thread Joshua D. Drake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:55:45 -0500 Dan Langille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our tests have been on a p550 connected to DS6800 array using pgbench. > > One nasty behaviour we have seen is long running commits. Initial > thoughts connected > them wi

[PERFORM] wal_sync_methods for AIX

2008-02-15 Thread Dan Langille
We're using PostgreSQL 8.1.11 on AIX 5.3 and we've been doing some playing around with various settings. So far, we've (I say we, but it's another guy doing the work) found that open_datasync seems better than fsync. By how much, we have not yet determined, but initial observations are pro