On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 02:31:40 +0200, Hannu Krosing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >2) Another simple, but nondeterministic, hack would be using randomness, >i.e. > > 2.1) select a random buffer in LR side half (or 30% or 60%) of > for replacement. > > 2.2) dont last accessed pages to top of LRU list immediately, > just push them uphill some amount, either random, or > perhaps 1/2 the way to top at each access.
Sounds good, but how do find the middle of a linked list? Or the other way round: Given a list element, how do you find out its position in a linked list? So the only approach that is easily implementable is 2.3) If a sequential scan hint flag is set, put the buffer into the free list at a random position. Servus Manfred ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org