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Subject: Re: MIT benchmarks pgsql multicore (up to 48)performance
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On Oct 4, 2010, at 13:13 , Robert Haas wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Hakan Kocaman <hkocam@googlemail.com> =
wrote:
>> for whom it may concern:
>> http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/mosbench/
>> They tested with 8.3.9, i wonder what results 9.0 would give.
>> Best regards and keep up the good work
>> Hakan
>=20
> Here's the most relevant bit to us:

<snip/>

> The use of lock-free
> techniques seems quite interesting; unfortunately, I know next to
> nothing about the topic and this paper doesn't provide much of an
> introduction.  Anyone have a reference to a good introductory paper on
> the topic?

The README in the postgres section of the git repo leads me to think the =
code that includes the fixes it there, if someone wants to look into it =
(wrt to the Postgres lock manager changes). Didn't check the licensing.

Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net