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Re: Should we update the random_page_cost default value?

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Tomas Vondra <tomas@vondra.me>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>, Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-10-09T15:03:19Z
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On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM Tomas Vondra <tomas@vondra.me> wrote:
> I agree with this. But isn't this a mostly orthogonal problem? I mean,
> shouldn't we do both (or try to)?
>
> Also, if users complain about A and not about B, does that mean B is not
> an issue?
>
> Isn't ignoring "B" a bit like that? Of course, maybe B really is not
> worth worrying about. Or maybe this is not the right approach to address
> it, I don't know.

I'm just telling you what I think. I'm not purporting to have all of
the right answers.

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Robert Haas
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