Tom Lane wrote:
"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
... Now I understand that restoring log files can be slow but this is a big
machine.
Yeah, restoring is known to be less than speedy, because essentially
zero optimization work has been done on it.
Heikki has improved matters a bit in 8.3, but I suspect it's still
not great.
Wow, o.k. well it is something we (the community) really should look at
for 8.4. I am surprised that it is slower than just walking through the
xlogs on recovery. I am sure there is a reason just surprised.
Thanks for answering.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
regards, tom lane
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