On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 01:00:35PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > real traction we'd have to go back to the "take over most of RAM for > shared buffers" approach, which we already know to have a bunch of > severe disadvantages.
I know there are severe disadvantages in the current implementation, but are there in-principle severe disadvantages? Or are you speaking more generally, like "maintainability of code", "someone has to look after all that buffering optimisation", "potential for about 10 trillion bugs", &c.? A -- ---- Andrew Sullivan 204-4141 Yonge Street Afilias Canada Toronto, Ontario Canada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> M2P 2A8 +1 416 646 3304 x110 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster