On Friday 02 January 2009 22:23:13 Stephen R. van den Berg wrote: > Three things: > a. Shouldn't it in theory be possible to have a decompression algorithm > which is IO-bound because it decompresses faster than the disk can > supply the data? (On common current hardware). > b. Has the current algorithm been carefully benchmarked and/or optimised > and/or chosen to fit the IO-bound target as close as possible? > c. Are there any well-known pitfalls/objections which would prevent me from > changing the algorithm to something more efficient (read: IO-bound)?
copyright licenses and patents Which doesn't mean changing anything is impossible, but it is tricky in those nontechnical ways. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
