Re: Table and Index compression

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PFC <lists(at)peufeu(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Table and Index compression
Date: 2009-08-06 20:07:05
Message-ID: 603c8f070908061307p5cbc2de3j38dd27ef84da9ea@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Greg Stark<gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> wrote:
> I like the idea too, but I think there are some major problems to
> solve. In particular I think we need a better solution to blocks
> growing than sparse files.

How much benefit does this approach have over using TOAST compression
more aggressively?

...Robert

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