Performance enhancement for writing database pages

A system comprising:

• at least one programmable processor;
• and
• a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a request to update a timestamp associated with database pages of a database instance, the database pages logically organized into at least one page set, each of the at least one page set including a plurality of the database pages;
• updating, for each of the at least one page set, the timestamp associated with each database page in each respective at least one page set;
• issuing, in response to updating the timestamp associated with a last database page in each of the at least one page set, a write request to write the plurality of database pages in each of the respective at least one page set to a persistent data store;
• and
• writing the plurality of database pages in each of the respective at least one page set to a persistent data store, the plurality of database pages written to the persistent data store having an updated timestamp associated therewith.

A non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one processor cause a computer to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a request to update a timestamp associated with database pages of a database instance, the database pages logically organized into at least one page set, each of the at least one page set including a plurality of the database pages;
• updating, for each of the at least one page set, the timestamp associated with each database page in each respective at least one page set;
• issuing, in response to updating the timestamp associated with a last database page in each of the at least one page set, a write request to write the plurality of database pages in each of the respective at least one page set to a persistent data store;
• and
• writing the plurality of database pages in each of the respective at least one page set to a persistent data store, the plurality of database pages written to the persistent data store having an updated timestamp associated therewith.