Defer commitlog compression when under load #4974
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Description of Changes
Defers commitlog segment compression until write load has been idle for a short window, while still forcing progress when the uncompressed segment backlog grows too large.
This tries to avoid creating a durability backlog that eventually blocks the main execution thread.
API and ABI breaking changes
None
Expected complexity level and risk
2
Testing
TODO