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Re: Significantly larger toast tables on 8.4?

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: James Mansion <james@mansionfamily.plus.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, "Stephen R. van den Berg" <srb@cuci.nl>, Alex Hunsaker <badalex@gmail.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2009-01-05T07:38:21Z
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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?

Well, before we consider that, we'd probably want to see proof about the 
  effectiveness of other compression methods.