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Re: Significantly larger toast tables on 8.4?

Stephen R. van den Berg <srb@cuci.nl>

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From: "Stephen R. van den Berg" <srb@cuci.nl>
To: James Mansion <james@mansionfamily.plus.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Alex Hunsaker <badalex@gmail.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2009-01-05T01:34:07Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
James Mansion wrote:
>Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>>>c. Are there any well-known pitfalls/objections which would prevent me 
>>>from
>>>   changing the algorithm to something more efficient (read: IO-bound)?

>>copyright licenses and patents

>Would it be possible to have a plugin facility?

>I guess the most likely candidate is the LZJB mechanism in ZFS which is 
>CDDL licensed.

The most likely candidate for a speedy algorithm seems QuickLZ, the author
is willing to accomodate the licensing.
-- 
Sincerely,
           Stephen R. van den Berg.

Climate is what you expect.  Weather is what you get.