X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10D6F3A3C3D for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:33:21 +0000 (GMT) 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 83717-04 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:33:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sue.samurai.com (sue.samurai.com [205.207.28.74]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D3D83A3CA5 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 12:33:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sue.samurai.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6D8F197D5; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 07:33:11 -0500 (EST) Received: from sue.samurai.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (sue.samurai.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 81074-01; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 07:33:10 -0500 (EST) Received: from [220.101.3.10] (r220-101-3-10.cpe.unwired.net.au [220.101.3.10]) by sue.samurai.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DC9919847; Fri, 5 Nov 2004 07:33:08 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <418B7302.8080803@samurai.com> Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 23:33:06 +1100 From: Neil Conway User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (Macintosh/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gaetano Mendola Cc: Tom Lane , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] pg_autovacuum is nice ... but ... References: <20041103155855.O82047@ganymede.hub.org> <41895BDA.1090903@postgresql.org> <20041103201625.S82047@ganymede.hub.org> <19430.1099533223@sss.pgh.pa.us> <418AA915.7010903@postgresql.org> <20041104182322.D21566@ganymede.hub.org> <6789.1099608272@sss.pgh.pa.us> <418B6B78.7040107@bigfoot.com> In-Reply-To: <418B6B78.7040107@bigfoot.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mailbox.samurai.com X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200411/162 X-Sequence-Number: 60734 Gaetano Mendola wrote: > Right but we can create a new segment and use it too. I don't know how > these segments are used but I used to do it in the past, of course you have > to create a memory manager that handle not ccntinuous segments. The TelegraphCQ folks have already done this: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2003-05/msg00336.php I haven't had a chance to look at the patch, though. -Neil