Re: WIP: buffer manager rewrite (take 2)

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Mark Wong <markw(at)osdl(dot)org>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: WIP: buffer manager rewrite (take 2)
Date: 2005-03-03 04:37:07
Message-ID: 200503030437.j234b7G06383@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > This is HUGE. Was it because of the clock sweep?
>
> No, it was because of the elimination of the global BufMgrLock.
> Clock sweep is the price we had to pay to get that ...

Wow, certainly stunning. Was it a big benefit only for SMP machines?

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