REPRO the problem: , uses 430GB of space; 4 seconds load time; constant 20kIOPS after ~20s

pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/delta_layer.rs

@@ -857,11 +857,11 @@ impl DeltaLayerInner {
             expected_summary.index_start_blk = actual_summary.index_start_blk;
             expected_summary.index_root_blk = actual_summary.index_root_blk;
             if actual_summary != expected_summary {
-                bail!(
-                    "in-file summary does not match expected summary. actual = {:?} expected = {:?}",
-                    actual_summary,
-                    expected_summary
-                );
+                // bail!(
+                //     "in-file summary does not match expected summary. actual = {:?} expected = {:?}",
+                //     actual_summary,
+                //     expected_summary
+                // );
             }
         }
 

pageserver/src/tenant/storage_layer/image_layer.rs

@@ -450,11 +450,11 @@ impl ImageLayerInner {
             expected_summary.index_root_blk = actual_summary.index_root_blk;
 
             if actual_summary != expected_summary {
-                bail!(
-                    "in-file summary does not match expected summary. actual = {:?} expected = {:?}",
-                    actual_summary,
-                    expected_summary
-                );
+                // bail!(
+                //     "in-file summary does not match expected summary. actual = {:?} expected = {:?}",
+                //     actual_summary,
+                //     expected_summary
+                // );
             }
         }
 

test_runner/performance/test_pageserver_startup_many_tenants.py

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import queue
+import threading
+from fixtures.neon_fixtures import NeonEnvBuilder, PgBin, wait_for_last_flush_lsn
+from fixtures.types import TenantId
+
+
+def test_pageserver_startup_many_tenants(neon_env_builder: NeonEnvBuilder, pg_bin: PgBin):
+    env = neon_env_builder.init_start()
+
+    #  below doesn't work because summaries contain tenant and timeline ids and we check for them
+
+    tenant_id, timeline_id = env.initial_tenant, env.initial_timeline
+    pshttp = env.pageserver.http_client()
+    ep = env.endpoints.create_start("main")
+    ep.safe_psql("create table foo(b text)")
+    for i in range(0, 8):
+        ep.safe_psql("insert into foo(b) values ('some text')")
+        # pg_bin.run_capture(["pgbench", "-i", "-s1", ep.connstr()])
+        wait_for_last_flush_lsn(env, ep, tenant_id, timeline_id)
+        pshttp.timeline_checkpoint(tenant_id, timeline_id)
+    ep.stop_and_destroy()
+
+    env.pageserver.stop()
+    for sk in env.safekeepers:
+        sk.stop()
+
+    tenant_dir = env.repo_dir / "tenants" / str(env.initial_tenant)
+
+    for i in range(0, 20_000):
+        import shutil
+
+        shutil.copytree(tenant_dir, tenant_dir.parent / str(TenantId.generate()))