On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Atri Sharma <atri.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:36 PM, Greg Stark <st...@mit.edu> wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.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?
well, what problem are you trying to solve exactly? the main problems I see today are not so much in terms of page replacement but spinlock and lwlock contention. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
