Re: [GENERAL] Parallelizing PostgreSQL for Cluster

Dustin Sallings wrote:
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> On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
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> # One of the long-term projects that PostgreSQL, Inc is planning on
> # working on is exactly this, unless someone jumps at it before we get a
> # chance to...
>
> It should be a trivial change, right? :)

Will it make it into 6.5?

:)
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> # On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Laurence Liew wrote:
> #
> # > Hi!
> # >
> # > Is anyone looking at making postgreSQL scalable across a cluster of PCs?
> # > That is, we have postgreSQL exuting queries which can be parallelised across
> # > a cluster, either something along Informix's method of fragmenting the
> # > tables across multiple disks, or Oracle's method of using a shared disk
> # > (global file)architecture.
> # >
> # > It would be interesting to have PostrgreSQL sitting on a Beowulf cluster
> # > giving Informix XPS or Oracle OPS a run for their money :-)
> # >
> # > Thanks for any info.
> # >
> # > Laurence
> # >
> # >
> # >
> # >
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