Re: TODO : Allow parallel cores to be used by vacuumdb [ WIP ]

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Dilip kumar <dilip(dot)kumar(at)huawei(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Jan Lentfer <Jan(dot)Lentfer(at)web(dot)de>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Sawada Masahiko <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br>
Subject: Re: TODO : Allow parallel cores to be used by vacuumdb [ WIP ]
Date: 2014-08-20 18:34:00
Message-ID: CA+TgmobQe1UkpDT74cYD-0xs7gtjuXQYUcsXakXmvSSf2soxqA@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 12:55 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:59 AM, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>
>> wrote:
>> > 1.
>> > + Number of parallel connections to perform the operation. This
>> > option will enable the vacuum
>> > + operation to run on parallel connections, at a time one table
>> > will
>> > be operated on one connection.
>> >
>> > a. How about describing w.r.t asynchronous connections
>> > instead of parallel connections?
>>
>> I don't think "asynchronous" is a good choice of word.
>
> Agreed.
>
>>Maybe "simultaneous"?
>
> Not sure. How about *concurrent* or *multiple*?

multiple isn't right, but we could say concurrent.

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