Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is why I sometimes wonder whether or not it would be a win to use > mmap() to access the data and index files --
mmap() is Right Out because it does not afford us sufficient control over when changes to the in-memory data will propagate to disk. The address-space-management problems you describe are also a nasty headache, but that one is the showstopper. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend