On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Josh Berkus <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ... then you'll see checkpoint "stalls" and spread checkpoint will > actually make them worse by making the stalls longer. Wait, if they're spread enough then there won't be a checkpoint, so to speak. Are you saying that spreading them out means that they still kind of pile up, even with say a completion target of 1.0 etc? -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance