Re: Pre-forking backend - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Steve Wolfe
Subject Re: Pre-forking backend
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Msg-id 00d801c14a1f$14ce71c0$131a5742@ut.sprintbbd.net
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In response to Pre-forking backend  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Pre-forking backend
Re: Pre-forking backend
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> >
> > How hard would it be to pre-fork an extra backend for the database a
> > user just requested so if they next user asks for the same database, the
> > backend would already be started?
 Perhaps I'm missing something, but it seems to me that the cost of forking
a new backend would be pretty trivial compared to the expense of processing
anything but the most simple query.  Am I wrong in that?

steve




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