Re: [GENERAL] Autovacuum Improvements

Jim Nasby <jim@nasby.net>

From: Jim Nasby <jim@nasby.net>
To: Kenneth Marshall <ktm@it.is.rice.edu>
Cc: Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com>, Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2007-01-24T03:01:41Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Jan 22, 2007, at 6:53 PM, Kenneth Marshall wrote:
> The default should
> be approximately the OS standard read-ahead amount.

Is there anything resembling a standard across the OSes we support?  
Better yet, is there a standard call that allows you to find out what  
the read-ahead setting is?
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Jim Nasby                                            jim@nasby.net
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