Re: [PERFORM] Working on huge RAM based datasets

2004-07-11 Thread Jan Wieck
On 7/9/2004 10:16 AM, Merlin Moncure wrote: What is it about the buffer cache that makes it so unhappy being able to hold everything? I don't want to be seen as a cache hit fascist, but isn't it just better if the data is just *there*, available in the postmaster's address space ready for each

Re: [PERFORM] Working on huge RAM based datasets

2004-07-11 Thread Christopher Browne
Martha Stewart called it a Good Thing when [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Wieck) wrote: On 7/9/2004 10:16 AM, Merlin Moncure wrote: What is it about the buffer cache that makes it so unhappy being able to hold everything? I don't want to be seen as a cache hit fascist, but isn't it just better if the