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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2005-07-07 15:18:26 +0000
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2005-07-07 15:18:26 +0000
commitf0a2a919181e2dd5c564e0df2f04a7cf00b21043 (patch)
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downloadpostgresql-f0a2a919181e2dd5c564e0df2f04a7cf00b21043.tar.gz
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> > o -Add ability to turn off full page writes > o When off, write CRC to WAL and check file system blocks > on recovery > o Write full pages during file system write and not when > the page is modified in the buffer cache > > This allows most full page writes to happen in the background > writer.
-rw-r--r--doc/TODO11
-rw-r--r--doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html12
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO
index d9d7113d77..a9691bf7a7 100644
--- a/doc/TODO
+++ b/doc/TODO
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
PostgreSQL TODO List
====================
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
-Last updated: Tue Jul 5 23:40:06 EDT 2005
+Last updated: Thu Jul 7 11:18:18 EDT 2005
The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
@@ -936,6 +936,15 @@ Write-Ahead Log
partial page writes during recovery. These pages can also be
eliminated from point-in-time archive files.
+ o -Add ability to turn off full page writes
+ o When off, write CRC to WAL and check file system blocks
+ on recovery
+ o Write full pages during file system write and not when
+ the page is modified in the buffer cache
+
+ This allows most full page writes to happen in the background
+ writer.
+
* Reduce WAL traffic so only modified values are written rather than
entire rows?
* Add WAL index reliability improvement to non-btree indexes
diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
index 924570dc11..6b2b48be11 100644
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#FF0000" vlink="#A00000" alink="#0000FF">
<h1><a name="section_1">PostgreSQL TODO List</a></h1>
<p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<a href="mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</a>)<br/>
-Last updated: Tue Jul 5 23:40:06 EDT 2005
+Last updated: Thu Jul 7 11:18:18 EDT 2005
</p>
<p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/>
<a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</a>.
@@ -844,6 +844,16 @@ first.
partial page writes during recovery. These pages can also be
eliminated from point-in-time archive files.
</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>-Add ability to turn off full page writes
+ </li><li>When off, write CRC to WAL and check file system blocks
+ on recovery
+ </li><li>Write full pages during file system write and not when
+ the page is modified in the buffer cache
+<p> This allows most full page writes to happen in the background
+ writer.
+</p>
+ </li></ul>
</li><li>Reduce WAL traffic so only modified values are written rather than
entire rows?
</li><li>Add WAL index reliability improvement to non-btree indexes