Re: "distributed checkpoint"

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:
> Am I the only one who finds the phrase "distributed checkpointing" a bit
> awkward?  Would it be better if we used "time-distributed checkpointing"
> instead?

Yeah, "distributed" has a bunch of connotations that are wrong for this
purpose.

I spent a bit of time with a thesaurus but didn't come up with anything
that seemed le mot juste.  Best I could do was "spread checkpoint"
or "time-extended checkpoint".  Anybody have a better idea?

			regards, tom lane