On 4/8/06, Markus Schiltknecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ACK. As long as processes, signals and shared memory are used this could > be as portable as PostgreSQL is now.
This is certainly the case. > Ehm.. which additional I/O cost? Or do you count inter-process > communication to I/O? Inter-process will add a minimal amount, but if it's done correctly, you'll still end up ahead. > I'd like to help teaching PostgreSQL the art of parallel query > execution. Cool, we're not at the communication-level yet, but your help would be appreciated. > In case you're interested I'll compile a patch for review. Surely! -- Jonah H. Harris, Database Internals Architect EnterpriseDB Corporation 732.331.1324 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
