Re: [HACKERS] Should we cacheline align PGXACT?

On 2017-02-21 16:57:36 +0530, Ashutosh Sharma wrote:
> Yes, there is still some regression however it has come down by a
> small margin. I am not doing initdb for each run instead I am doing,
> dropdb-->createdb-->pgbench -i. Is dropping old database and creating
> a new one for every run not okay, Do I have to do initdb every time.
> Okay, I can change the order of reading and let you know the results.

That does make a difference. Primarily because WAL writes in a new
cluster are a more expensive than in an old one, because of segment
recycling.