From: Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
Organization: Dynacom Tankers Mgmt
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: PostgreSQL ontop of FreeBSD jails, maybe there is still hope!
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:47:59 +0300
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It seems there are certain projects running at the moment that will eventually make possible
to run PostgreSQL on FreeBSD's jail (virtual server on plain iron speed).

Pre jail resource limits:
http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.com/2010/07/resource-containers-project.html

Further generalization improvements:
http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.com/2010/06/update-on-jail-based-virtualization.html

"Further, the project includes generalization of the virtual network stack framework, factoring out common code. 
This will provide an infrastructure and will ease virtualization of further subsystems like SYSV/Posix IPC with minimal overhead. 
All further virtualized subsystems will immediately benefit from shared debugging facilities, an essential feature for early adopters 
of the new technology."

By solving the SYSV/IPC problems, PostgreSQL will be able to be run on jails, even easier and more robustly 
than it is the case now.

Lets hope those guys will deliver smth good.

-- 
Achilleas Mantzios