Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Manfred Spraul wrote: >> I remember there were patches that tried other algorithms instead of the >> simple LRU for the buffer manager. Has anyone tried to change the >> locking of the buffer manager?
> CVS HEAD already has an Adaptive Replacement Cache (ARC) for buffer > replacement. That's irrelevant to the problem, though. Unless the ARC code uses data structures that are more amenable to localized locking than the old global buffer freelist. (Jan?) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html