Re: Using Threads - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Karel Zak
Subject Re: Using Threads
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.3.96.1010206182112.3799B-100000@ara.zf.jcu.cz
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In response to Re: Using Threads  (Myron Scott <mscott@sacadia.com>)
Responses Re: Using Threads  (The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>)
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On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Myron Scott wrote:

> There are many many globals I had to work around including all the memory
> management stuff.  I basically threw everything into and "environment"
> variable which I stored in a thread specific using thr_setspecific.
Yes, it's good. I working on multi-thread application server
(http://mape.jcu.cz) and I use for this project some things from PG (like
mmgr), I planning use same solution.

> Performance is acually very good for what I am doing.  I was able to batch
> commit transactions which cuts down on fsync calls, use prepared
> statements from my client using CORBA, and the various locking calls for
> the threads (cond_wait,mutex_lock, and sema_wait) seem pretty fast.  I did
> some performance tests for inserts 
> 
> 20 clients, 900 inserts per client, 1 insert per transaction, 4 different
> tables.
> 
> 7.0.2    About    10:52 average completion
> multi-threaded    2:42 average completion
> 7.1beta3          1:13 average completion

It is very very good for time for 7.1, already look forward to 7.2! :-)  
BTW, I not sure if you anytime in future will see threads in 
official PostgreSQL and if you spending time on relevant things (IMHO).
    Karel







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