From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Database Kernels and O_DIRECT
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 17:02:15 -0400
Message-ID: <3F8DB5D7.1060600@dunslane.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15890.1066232585@sss.pgh.pa.us>
References: <BBB237C0.5B35%jamesr@best.com>
<15890.1066232585@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Tom Lane wrote:
>James Rogers <jamesr@best.com> writes:
>
>
>>If we suddenly wanted to optimize Postgres for performance the way
>>Oracle does, we would be a lot more keen on the O_DIRECT approach.
>>
>>
>
>This isn't ever going to happen, for the simple reason that we don't
>have Oracle's manpower.
>
[snip - long and sensible elaboration of above statement]
I have wondered (somewhat fruitlessly) for several years about the
possibilities of special purpose lightweight file systems that could
relax some of the assumptions and checks used in general purpose file
systems. Such a thing might provide most of the benefits of a "database
kernel" without imposing anything extra on the database application layer.
Just a thought - I have no resources to make any attack on such a project.
cheers
andrew
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