On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
> On 08/07/2014 08:38 AM, Oleg Bartunov wrote:
>> +1 for BRIN !
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>>> On 7 August 2014 14:53, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> A better description would be "block range index" since we are
>>> indexing a range of blocks (not just one block). Perhaps a better one
>>> would be simply "range index", which we could abbreviate to RIN or
>>> BRIN.
>
> How about Block Range Dynamic indexes?
>
> Or Range Usage Metadata indexes?
>
> You see what I'm getting at:
>
> BRanDy
>
> RUM
>
> ... to keep with our "new indexes" naming scheme ...
Not the best fit for kids, fine for grad students.
BRIN seems to be a perfect consensus, so +1 for it.
--
Michael
