Re: Unlogged vs. In-Memory

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
 
> So far, the only suggestions I've seen for how to advocate this
> feature have involved renaming it, which isn't realistic at this
> point.
 
Agreed; we are talking about describing it concisely.
 
> If someone has an alternative description for the feature that
> anyone who is not already a PostgreSQL DBA will care about, them
> please come forward with it.
 
The similarities to a GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE are striking enough
that perhaps it should play off that somehow.  It is a lot like a
SHARED GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE.  The only thing to add to that is
that on a clean shutdown the system will save the contents for
reload on startup, whereas a crash will clear it.
 
-Kevin