Re: [HACKERS] Patch: Write Amplification Reduction Method (WARM) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Patch: Write Amplification Reduction Method (WARM)
Date
Msg-id 20170126195308.wdea3huq5vhg4rs3@alvherre.pgsql
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Patch: Write Amplification Reduction Method (WARM)  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> > I think the way WARM works has been pretty well hammered by now, other
> > than the CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY issues, so I'm looking at the code
> > from a maintainability point of view only.
> 
> Which senior hackers have previously reviewed it in detail?

The previous thread,
https://postgr.es/m/CABOikdMop5Rb_RnS2xFdAXMZGSqcJ-P-BY2ruMd+buUkJ4iDPw@mail.gmail.com
contains some discussion of it, which uncovered bugs in the initial idea
and gave rise to the current design.

> Where would I go to get a good overview of the overall theory of operation?

The added README file does a pretty good job, I thought.

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