X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CEA3DB219 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:09:36 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 43626-05 for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:09:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pjetlic.mobart.hr (pjetlic.mobart.hr [80.80.51.10]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76D7EDB20F for ; Fri, 28 Oct 2005 08:09:32 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pjetlic.mobart.hr (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA41917A51; Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:09:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pjetlic.mobart.hr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pjetlic [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 10274-04-32; Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:09:33 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mike.mobart.hr (mike.mobart.hr [192.168.10.94]) (using SSLv3 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pjetlic.mobart.hr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6D7717A44; Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:09:33 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Re: why vacuum From: Mario Splivalo Reply-To: mario.splivalo@mobart.hr To: Andrew Sullivan Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org In-Reply-To: <20051027155135.GE27472@phlogiston.dyndns.org> References: <200510261015.17623.lawgon@thenilgiris.com> <1130339980.2872.12.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> <1130401361.31435.15.camel@ekim> <20051027102120.GA26612@phlogiston.dyndns.org> <1130416453.31435.30.camel@ekim> <20051027155135.GE27472@phlogiston.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Mob-Art Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 13:09:43 +0200 Message-Id: <1130497783.23377.16.camel@ekim> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by OpenSource AV+AS Mail Server X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.003 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.003] X-Spam-Score: 0.003 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200510/381 X-Sequence-Number: 23234 On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 11:51 -0400, Andrew Sullivan wrote: > Well, AFAIK Oracle itself offers no replication, either. If you want > it, you have to buy a license for it. Which means it's an add-on. > Heck, most Linux distributions' kernels don't offer support for > network cards: they're an add-on. We call them modules. (In case > it's not clear, I don't buy the "itself/add-on" distinction. The > point is that the whole system works together. PostgreSQL most > definitely offers replication. In fact, you can get warm-standby with > WAL shipping, or read-only capabilities with Slony or some other > tools.) I wish I was Dumbo now. I could hide myself with me ears :) > > I'll be glad to, I'm just not that familiar (in fact, i'm not familiar > > at all) with the 'proof-of-cocept' or 'General Bits' terms, so if you > > could http-redirect me, I'll be most thankfull. > > Proof of concept is just a description of what you did, how it > worked, design and limitations, &c. Post it to the lists (uh, > -general or maybe -hackers, I suppose), or put it on a web page or > whatever. General Bits is a fairly regular column that Elein Mustain > puts out. I bet she'd include a submission on this topic, although > you'd have to ask her. You can find GB at > . I'll go trough my code, it's been a while since I touched it, I'll write some documentation and I'll inform the comunity. Thnx for the pointouts. Mike -- Mario Splivalo Mob-Art mario.splivalo@mobart.hr "I can do it quick, I can do it cheap, I can do it well. Pick any two."