Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Isn't this redundant given the existence of pglesslog?
>
> > It does the same as pglesslog, but is simpler to use because it is
> > automatic.
>
> Which also means that everyone pays the performance penalty whether
> they get any benefit or not. The point of the external solution
> is to do the work only in installations that get some benefit.
> We've been over this ground before...
If there is a performance penalty, you are right, but if the zeroing is
done as part of the archiving, it seems near zero cost enough to do it
all the time, no?
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