Re: Can postgresql be run in memory (like a memory resident program) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Christopher Browne
Subject Re: Can postgresql be run in memory (like a memory resident program)
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In response to Can postgresql be run in memory (like a memory resident program)  ("Malghan, Ravi" <rmalghan@btspartners.com>)
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Martha Stewart called it a Good Thing whenrmalghan@btspartners.com ("Malghan, Ravi")wrote:
> Is it possible to run post-gresql in memory? I searched through all the
> older postings didn't find much info.

You could presumably mount the databases on an in-memory filesystem
such as the oft-available "tempfs", and thus have the data reside "in
memory."

But more realistically if this is what you /truly/ want, you should
probably look at other packages like FastDB or Speedy.
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