Re: Retronym: s/magnetic disk/main data/

2019-04-11 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 05:49:36PM +1300, Thomas Munro wrote: > Hello, > > I propose that in v13 we redefine "MD" (from md.c) to mean "main data" > (instead of "magnetic disk"). That's the standard storage layout for > typical table and index AMs. As opposed to the proposed undo and SLRU > SMGRs

Re: Retronym: s/magnetic disk/main data/

2019-04-04 Thread David Fetter
On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 05:49:36PM +1300, Thomas Munro wrote: > Hello, > > I propose that in v13 we redefine "MD" (from md.c) to mean "main data" > (instead of "magnetic disk"). That's the standard storage layout for > typical table and index AMs. As opposed to the proposed undo and SLRU > SMGRs

Re: Retronym: s/magnetic disk/main data/

2019-04-03 Thread Michael Paquier
On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 05:49:36PM +1300, Thomas Munro wrote: > I propose that in v13 we redefine "MD" (from md.c) to mean "main data" > (instead of "magnetic disk"). That's the standard storage layout for > typical table and index AMs. As opposed to the proposed undo and SLRU > SMGRs that provid

Retronym: s/magnetic disk/main data/

2019-04-03 Thread Thomas Munro
Hello, I propose that in v13 we redefine "MD" (from md.c) to mean "main data" (instead of "magnetic disk"). That's the standard storage layout for typical table and index AMs. As opposed to the proposed undo and SLRU SMGRs that provide layouts specialised for different life cycles. -- Thomas M