Re: [pgsql-www] pg_autovacuum is nice ... but ...

Neil Conway wrote:
 > Gaetano Mendola wrote:
 >
 >> Right but we can create a new segment and use it too. I don't know how
 >> these segments are used but I used to do it in the past, of course you
 >> have
 >> to create a memory manager that handle not ccntinuous segments.
 >
 >
 > The TelegraphCQ folks have already done this:
 >
 >   http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2003-05/msg00336.php
 >
 > I haven't had a chance to look at the patch, though.

Not bad, however that post is more than one year old. Implement a resizable
shared memory could really improve postgres performances ?



Regards
Gaetano Mendola