Re: Proposal for CSN based snapshots

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Rajeev rastogi <rajeev(dot)rastogi(at)huawei(dot)com>, Ants Aasma <ants(at)cybertec(dot)at>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>
Subject: Re: Proposal for CSN based snapshots
Date: 2014-06-03 13:55:48
Message-ID: CA+TgmoZ4cP_1Pavwn+VX74_ksDhHf-whO5FFR1j+NdZqONu8MA@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Heikki Linnakangas
<hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com> wrote:
> (forgot to answer this question)
>
> On 05/30/2014 06:27 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
>>
>> On 2014-05-30 17:59:23 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>>>
>>> * I expanded pg_clog to 64-bits per XID, but people suggested keeping
>>> pg_clog as is, with two bits per commit, and adding a new SLRU for the
>>> commit LSNs beside it. Probably will need to do something like that to
>>> avoid
>>> bloating the clog.
>>
>>
>> It also influences how on-disk compatibility is dealt with. So: How are
>> you planning to deal with on-disk compatibility?
>
>
> Have pg_upgrade read the old clog and write it out in the new format.

That doesn't address Bruce's concern about CLOG disk consumption.

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Robert Haas
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