| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Load sharing question |
| Date: | 2002-09-10 03:03:28 |
| Message-ID: | 200209100303.g8A33S709602@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Curt Sampson wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > We can't make shared memory work across machines.
>
> Actually, shared memory does work fine across some machines.
> Digital Unix clusters, for example....
OK, I didn't go into detail, but the issue is test-and-set assembler
instructions we use for light-weight locking. You can't tell me that
actually works on a cluster, can you?
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