>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
Tom> I tend to agree with the opinion that Oracle's architecture Tom> is based on twenty-year-old assumptions.
Backthen it was Tom> reasonable to assume that database-specific algorithms could Tom> outperform a general-purpose
operatingsystem. In today's Tom> environment that assumption is not a given.
In fact:
Michael Stonebraker: Operating System Support for Database Management. CACM 24(7): 412-418 (1981)
Abstract:
Several operating system services are examined with a view toward their applicability to support
ofdatabase management functions. These services include buffer pool management; the file system;
scheduling,process management, and interprocess communication; and consistency control.
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