Re: Page replacement algorithm in buffer cache

From: Atri Sharma <atri(dot)jiit(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Ants Aasma <ants(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila(at)huawei(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Page replacement algorithm in buffer cache
Date: 2013-03-22 18:13:47
Message-ID: CAOeZVicGOGQZJZKFXFYjm0wDFA63+7cmzzGQ63nP+165-5qiLQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> And we definitely looked at ARC
>
> We didn't just look at it. At least one release used it. Then patent
> issues were raised (and I think the implementation had some contention
> problems).
>
>
> --
> greg

What is the general thinking? Is it time to start testing again and
thinking about improvements to the current algorithm?

Regards,

Atri

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Regards,

Atri
l'apprenant

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