On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 23:04 +0000, Gregory Stark wrote:
> "Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> 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
