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

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Significantly larger toast tables on 8.4?
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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?

Well, before we consider that, we'd probably want to see proof about the  effectiveness of other compression methods.


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