Re: How to keep a table in memory?

From: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Alex Drobychev <adrobj(at)yahoo(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: How to keep a table in memory?
Date: 2007-11-13 02:15:01
Message-ID: 200711122115.01641.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net
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On Monday 12 November 2007 18:31, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 1. when someone replies to your post at the bottom, please don't put
> your reply at the top. It makes everything totally unreadable.
>

+1

> 2. you should investigate one or more of: pg_memcache, solid state disk.
>

you might also consider creating a tablespace on tmpfs or ramfs or something
like pramfs

> FYI, Postgres is know to be used successfully on some *extremely* heavy
> websites, without using tables pinned in memory.
>

+1

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Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

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