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Re: Unlogged vs. In-Memory

Devrim Gündüz <devrim@gunduz.org>

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From: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim@gunduz.org>
To: David Fetter <david@fetter.org>
Cc: Ian Bailey-Leung <ian@hardcircle.net>, Joshua Kramer <josh@globalherald.net>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org>
Date: 2011-05-04T20:12:12Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 12:59 -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> > The best way to show off a new feature is to emphasize the positive
> > aspects. The main reason people will use unlogged tables is to
> improve
> > performance on tables that do not need to be crash safe. I would
> > propose calling the feature something like "Fast Tables", and the
> fine
> > print can mention the trade-offs related to not logging.
> > 
> > Just my thoughts,
> 
> +1 for Fast Tables.

So, are the remaining ones "slow"? That is not good from marketing (and
technical) perspective.
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