On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 15:19 -0600, Kevin Grittner wrote: > >>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 12:12 PM, in message > <1197569564.4255.1855.camel@xxxxxxxxxx>, Simon Riggs <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 11:46 -0600, Kevin Grittner wrote: > >> If the hint bit changes are written to the WAL ... > > > > They're not. > > So one would expect a write-intensive initial vacuum after a > PITR-style recovery? Very perceptive. I was just thinking about that myself. An interesting issue when running with full_page_writes off. > What impact would lack of the hint bits have until a vacuum? Vacuum isn't important here. Its the first idiot to read the data that gets hit. -- Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate