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From Tatsuo Ishii
Subject Re: patch for new feature: Buffer Cache Hibernation
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Msg-id 20110601.160329.861326663923234988.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
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In response to Re: patch for new feature: Buffer Cache Hibernation  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Re: patch for new feature: Buffer Cache Hibernation
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> Yeah, I'm pretty well convinced this whole approach is a dead end.
> Priming the OS buffer cache seems way more useful.  I also think
> saving the blocks to be read rather than the actual blocks makes a lot
> more sense.

Well, his proposal works on any platforms PostgreSQL supports. On the
other hand PgFincore works on Linux only. Who wants Linux only tool be
in core?

Also I really want to see the performance comparison between these two
approaches in the real world database.
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Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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