Ben Chobot wrote:
Is there a way to tell if I really am just keeping the same few pages dirty throughout every checkpoint? I wouldn't have expected that, but given our application I suppose it is possible.
You can install pg_buffercache and look at what's in the cache to check your theory. I have some sample queries that show neat things at http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/postgresql/bufcache.sh
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