On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 23:04 +0000, Gregory Stark wrote: > "Simon Riggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The pages might well be in cache, so the file location might well be > > irrelevant from an I/O perspective. Maybe. The nth page solution allows > > the FSM block to be easily located without any FSM index, so might well > > be faster. Separate files mean more space and more fsyncs too. But even > > so, I'm not sure either way. > > I don't follow any of the logical leaps in this paragraph.
I asked Heikki to explain why he felt the design should go a certain way, which he didn't do. That's the logical leap I'm worried about. I repeat: I'm not sure either way. -- Simon Riggs 2ndQuadrant http://www.2ndQuadrant.com ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
