Re: [ADMIN] pgbench Windows outperforms Debian in Write tests whileDebian is faster in SELECT only tests

On 2017-05-29 09:42:53 +0200, Klaus P. Pieper wrote:
> Mounting the file system with barriers=0 gives much better results on the
> Debian system (better than the Windows system). But since this machine does
> not have a battery buffered disk adapter, that wouldn't be an option for a
> production system.

> I'm in particular concerned about the disadvantage in the single client
> WRITE scenario running Debian. How can Windows outperform Debian by a factor
> of 2?

Windows IIRC defaults to something close to barriers=0.

- Andres