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Re: Should we update the random_page_cost default value?

Tomas Vondra <tomas@vondra.me>

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From: Tomas Vondra <tomas@vondra.me>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
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: 2025-10-09T15:33:19Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On 10/9/25 17:03, Robert Haas wrote:
> 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.
> 

Neither do I, of course. We're mostly brainstorming here, I think. I
hope none of what I wrote came out as harsh, it wasn't meant that way.


regards

-- 
Tomas Vondra