Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 03:59 +0000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Log Message:
> > -----------
> > Add URLs for :
> >
> > * Speed WAL recovery by allowing more than one page to be prefetched
> >
> > This involves having a separate process that can be told which pages
> > the recovery process will need in the near future.
> >
> > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2007-12/msg00683.php
> > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-12/msg00497.php
> > <
>
> This TODO item presumes the solution, rather than describes the problem
> that needs to be solved. Other solutions have been proposed also and
> AFAIK nothing has been agreed.
The general consensus from the discussion was that multi-plexing the I/O
was easier and simpler than trying to multiplex the actual recovery
code. Until you can get agreement on a more bold approach, the TODO
remains unchanged.
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