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* MVCC intro and benefits docs?
@ 2006-03-28 20:27 Antoine <melser.anton@gmail.com>
  2006-03-28 21:59 ` Re: MVCC intro and benefits docs? Jim C. Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com>
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From: Antoine @ 2006-03-28 20:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-performance

Hi,
Does anyone know of any fairly entry-level documentation for the
benefits-drawbacks of MVCC in the db? As it relates to performance?
Postgres vs the others?
Cheers
Antoine

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* Re: MVCC intro and benefits docs?
  2006-03-28 20:27 MVCC intro and benefits docs? Antoine <melser.anton@gmail.com>
@ 2006-03-28 21:59 ` Jim C. Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com>
  2006-03-29 04:59   ` Re: MVCC intro and benefits docs? Qingqing Zhou <zhouqq@cs.toronto.edu>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread

From: Jim C. Nasby @ 2006-03-28 21:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Antoine <melser.anton@gmail.com>; +Cc: pgsql-performance

On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 10:27:39PM +0200, Antoine wrote:
> Hi,
> Does anyone know of any fairly entry-level documentation for the
> benefits-drawbacks of MVCC in the db? As it relates to performance?
> Postgres vs the others?
> Cheers
> Antoine

It's not dedicated to discussing MVCC alone, but
http://www.pervasive-postgres.com/lp/newsletters/2005/Insights_opensource_Dec.asp#2
might provide you with some useful info.
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* Re: MVCC intro and benefits docs?
  2006-03-28 20:27 MVCC intro and benefits docs? Antoine <melser.anton@gmail.com>
  2006-03-28 21:59 ` Re: MVCC intro and benefits docs? Jim C. Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com>
@ 2006-03-29 04:59   ` Qingqing Zhou <zhouqq@cs.toronto.edu>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread

From: Qingqing Zhou @ 2006-03-29 04:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-performance


""Jim C. Nasby"" <jnasby@pervasive.com> wrote
>
> It's not dedicated to discussing MVCC alone, but
>
http://www.pervasive-postgres.com/lp/newsletters/2005/Insights_opensource_Dec.asp#2
> might provide you with some useful info.
> -- 

Another introduction is here:

http://www.postgresql.org/files/developer/transactions.pdf

Regards,
Qingqing





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