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  1. WiredTiger
  2. WT-3437

Evaluate improvements to tuning of number of eviction workers

    • Type: Icon: Improvement Improvement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: Icon: Minor - P4 Minor - P4
    • 3.6.0-rc0, WT3.0.0
    • Affects Version/s: None
    • Component/s: None
    • Storage 2017-08-21, Storage 2017-09-11

      Currently, we tune eviction workers within __evict_tune_workers. There are several behaviours that the system currently takes that are worth further investigation.

      Currently, it is possible for the evict tune to perform a "Forced re-evaluation" periodically, which can force the removal of eviction threads.

      Additionally, following these re-evaluations we often see threads being added back into the eviction system quickly.

      We should investigate these behaviours to try and streamline the adding/removal of eviction threads to avoid cases where we could potentially spend lots of resources creating and destroying threads while also impacting how available the system is for eviction.

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            Assignee:
            neha.khatri Neha Khatri
            Reporter:
            david.hows David Hows
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