Re: replacing shmem - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: replacing shmem
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Msg-id 16325.978753176@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to replacing shmem  ("Valter Mazzola" <txian@hotmail.com>)
Responses RE: replacing shmem  ("Andrew Snow" <als@fl.net.au>)
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"Valter Mazzola" <txian@hotmail.com> writes:
> Is there a way to replace the shmem and sem (ipc.c) to use files. In this 
> way we can have a sort of a parallel server using GFS.

Unless GFS offers access bandwidth approaching main memory speeds, this
idea is sheer folly :-(
        regards, tom lane


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