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Postgres is half as fast in Linux 7.0 artwork
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Postgres is half as fast in Linux 7.0

The Backend Engineering Show with Hussein Nasser by Hussein Nasser

Jun 17, 202600:34:08Technology

An aws engineer discovered a 50% regression in postgres throughput while testing the new Linux 7.0 kernel. The cause turns out to be massive TLB and page faults exacerbated by Postgres process-based design. In this backe...

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