Re: WIP(!) Double Writes

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: WIP(!) Double Writes
Date: 2012-01-06 19:28:28
Message-ID: 20120106192828.GA32029@fetter.org
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On Wed, Jan 04, 2012 at 10:19:16PM -0800, David Fetter wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Please find attached two patches, each under the PostgreSQL license,
> one which implements page checksums vs. REL9_0_STABLE, the other which
> depends on the first (i.e. requires that it be applied first) and
> implements double writes. They're vs. REL9_0_STABLE because they're
> extracted from vPostgres 1.0, a proprietary product currently based on
> PostgreSQL 9.0.
>
> I had wanted the first patch set to be:
>
> - Against git head, and
> - Based on feedback from Simon's patch.

Simon's now given some feedback during a fruitful discussion, and has
sent an updated checksum patch which will be the basis for the
double-write stuff Dan's working on.

Stay tuned!

Cheers,
David.
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