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

test_runner/performance/test_pageserver_startup_many_tenants.py

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+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()))