Re: Significantly larger toast tables on 8.4? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen R. van den Berg
Subject Re: Significantly larger toast tables on 8.4?
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Msg-id 20090105013407.GA20002@cuci.nl
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In response to Re: Significantly larger toast tables on 8.4?  (James Mansion <james@mansionfamily.plus.com>)
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James Mansion wrote:
>Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>>>c. Are there any well-known pitfalls/objections which would prevent me 
>>>from
>>>   changing the algorithm to something more efficient (read: IO-bound)?

>>copyright licenses and patents

>Would it be possible to have a plugin facility?

>I guess the most likely candidate is the LZJB mechanism in ZFS which is 
>CDDL licensed.

The most likely candidate for a speedy algorithm seems QuickLZ, the author
is willing to accomodate the licensing.
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Sincerely,          Stephen R. van den Berg.

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