doc: suggest 1.1 as a random_page_cost value for SSDs
authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Fri, 22 May 2020 00:28:38 +0000 (20:28 -0400)
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Fri, 22 May 2020 00:28:38 +0000 (20:28 -0400)
Reported-by: yigong hu
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAOxFffcourucFqSk+tZA13ErS3XRYkDy6EeaPff4AvHGiEEuug@mail.gmail.com

Backpatch-through: 9.5

doc/src/sgml/config.sgml

index 9f2a4a2470e3a9316209f3ade7984f60b21c31a0..a2694e548a42598d5a7d2c1d04c6c989c59a03bb 100644 (file)
@@ -4925,7 +4925,8 @@ ANY <replaceable class="parameter">num_sync</replaceable> ( <replaceable class="
         the database is smaller than the total server memory, decreasing
         random_page_cost can be appropriate.  Storage that has a low random
         read cost relative to sequential, e.g. solid-state drives, might
-        also be better modeled with a lower value for random_page_cost.
+        also be better modeled with a lower value for random_page_cost,
+        e.g., <literal>1.1</literal>.
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