Andres Freund 4bc0f165cb Change default of backend_flush_after GUC to 0 (disabled). ... While beneficial, both for throughput and average/worst case latency, in a significant number of workloads, there are other workloads in which backend_flush_after can cause significant performance regressions in comparison to < 9.6 releases. The regression is most likely when the hot data set is bigger than shared buffers, but significantly smaller than the operating system's page cache. I personally think that the benefit of enabling backend flush control is considerably bigger than the potential downsides, but a fair argument can be made that not regressing is more important than improving performance/latency. As the latter is the consensus, change the default to 0. The other settings introduced in 428b1d6b2 do not have the same potential for regressions, so leave them enabled. Benchmarks leading up to changing the default have been performed by Mithun Cy, Ashutosh Sharma and Robert Haas. Discussion: CAD__OuhPmc6XH=wYRm_+Q657yQE88DakN4=Ybh2oveFasHkoeA@mail.gmail.com		2016-06-10 15:31:11 -07:00
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src	Change default of backend_flush_after GUC to 0 (disabled).	2016-06-10 15:31:11 -07:00
bug.template	Stamp 9.6beta1.	2016-05-09 16:47:49 -04:00
KNOWN_BUGS	Remove extra newlines at end and beginning of files, add missing newlines	2010-08-19 05:57:36 +00:00
Makefile	Remove maintainer-check target, fold into normal build	2013-10-10 20:11:56 -04:00
MISSING_FEATURES	Remove extra newlines at end and beginning of files, add missing newlines	2010-08-19 05:57:36 +00:00
TODO	Update URL.	2008-08-21 20:15:31 +00:00