From: David Boreham <david_list@boreham.org>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: ice-broker scan thread
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 21:09:55 -0700
Message-ID: <438BD493.3070507@boreham.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0511291429330.18112@linuxworld.com.au>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0511282217470.13586@josh.db>
<Pine.LNX.4.58.0511291429330.18112@linuxworld.com.au>
Gavin Sherry wrote:
> MySQL, Oracle and others implement read-ahead threads to simulate async IO
I always believed that Oracle used async file I/O. Not that I've seen their
code, but I'm fairly sure they funded the addition of kernel aio to Linux
a few years back.
But....Oracle comes from a time long ago when threads and decent
filesystems didn't exist, so some of the things they do may not be
appropriate
to add to a product that doesn't have them today.
Now...network async I/O...that'd be really useful in my world...
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