Re: Should we update the random_page_cost default value?

On Thu, Oct  9, 2025 at 08:05:37AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > I rewrote the random_page_cost docs, attached, to remove a focus on
> > magnetic disk, and added network latency as a reason for
> > random_page_cost being low.  I removed the specific caching numbers and
> > went with a more generic description.
> >
> > I would normally apply this only to master, but given the complaints in
> > this thread, maybe I should backpatch it.
> 
> This seems fine to me but I won't be surprised if other people have
> some complaints. :-)

Doc patch applied to all supported releases.

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