Re: Expose checkpoint start/finish times into SQL.

On Thursday 03 April 2008 19:08, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >> Theo Schlossnagle wrote:
> >>> First whack at exposing the start and finish checkpoint times into
> >>> SQL.
> >>
> >> Why is that useful?
> >
> > For knowing how long checkpoints are taking. If they are taking too
> > long you may need to adjust your bgwriter settings, and it is a
> > serious drag to parse postgresql logs for this info.
>
> Even if this were true, surely the answer is to improve the logging.
>

Exposing everything into the log files isn't always sufficient (says the guy
who maintains a remote admin tool)

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Robert Treat
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