On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 21:39, mlw wrote: > Connection time should *never* be in the critical path. There, I've > said it!! People who complain about connection time are barking up the > wrong tree. Regardless of the methodology, EVERY OS has issues with > thread creation, process creation, the memory allocation, and system > manipulation required to manage it. Under load this is ALWAYS slower. > > I think that if there is ever a choice, "do I make startup time > faster?" or "Do I make PostgreSQL not need a dump/restore for upgrade" > the upgrade problem has a much higher impact to real PostgreSQL sites.
Exactly. Trying to speed up something that shouldn't be in the critical path is exactly what I'm talking about. I completely agree with you! -- Greg Copeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copeland Computer Consulting ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
