Re: [HACKERS] 6.5 TODO list

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Christopher Masto <chris(at)netmonger(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] 6.5 TODO list
Date: 1999-05-12 02:15:13
Message-ID: 199905120215.WAA03847@candle.pha.pa.us
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> o even if it's solved, still other many issues for huge databases
> still remain:
> - 4G-tuples-per-database problem (as you said)

This will be hard.

> - index files cannot extend >2GB
> - vacuuming a huge table will take unacceptable long time (I
> have heard vacuum speeds up for 6.5, but I have not tried it
> yet for a big table. so this is just a my guess)
>
> o it will take long time to solve all of them.

Vacuum is already faster. Vacuum across segments, multi-segment
indexes may be possible for 6.5.

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