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Re: pg_dump & performance degradation

Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>

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From: Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>
To: Chris Bitmead <chrisb@nimrod.itg.telstra.com.au>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-08-01T04:56:51Z
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At 14:38 1/08/00 +1000, Chris Bitmead wrote:
>
>Is this the sort of problem that nice() might solve, or not?
>

Doesn't seem to; the problem is the IO, I think. Besides, it's a bad idea
to change priorities on backend processes (which is where most of the work
is done).


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