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pg_test_fsync

pg_test_fsync — determine fastest wal_sync_method for PostgreSQL

Synopsis

pg_test_fsync [`option`…​]

Description

pg_test_fsync is intended to give you a reasonable idea of what the fastest wal_sync_method is on your specific system, as well as supplying diagnostic information in the event of an identified I/O problem. However, differences shown by pg_test_fsync might not make any significant difference in real database throughput, especially since many database servers are not speed-limited by their write-ahead logs. pg_test_fsync reports average file sync operation time in microseconds for each wal_sync_method, which can also be used to inform efforts to optimize the value of commit_delay.

Options

pg_test_fsync accepts the following command-line options:

-f
#[.term]
--filename:: Specifies the file name to write test data in. This file should be in the same file system that the pg_wal directory is or will be placed in. (pg_wal contains the WAL files.) The default is pg_test_fsync.out in the current directory. [.term]-s
[.term]--secs-per-test:: Specifies the number of seconds for each test. The more time per test, the greater the test’s accuracy, but the longer it takes to run. The default is 5 seconds, which allows the program to complete in under 2 minutes. [.term]-V
[.term]--version:: Print the pg_test_fsync version and exit. [.term]-?
[.term]--help#:: Show help about pg_test_fsync command line arguments, and exit.

See Also

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