If your r/w workload is bigger than shared_buffers, seriously consider enabling backend_flush_after. Both throughput *and* jitter are considerably better with it enabled.pic.twitter.com/PYDSemn5Dg
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Keeping WAL on a separate disk does reduce jitter quite considerably still, although it's not as huge an effect as it used to anymore.
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