Re: parallel restore

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> >
> >> Tom Lane wrote:
> >>
> >>> There is an unfinished TODO item here: we really ought to make it work
> >>> for tar-format archives. That's probably not hugely difficult, but
> >>> I didn't look into it, and don't think we should hold up applying the
> >>> existing patch for it.
> >>>
> >
> >
> >> Right. Were you thinking this should be done for 8.4?
> >>
> >
> > If you have time to look into it, sure. Otherwise we should just put it
> > on the TODO list.
> >
> >
> >
>
> I've had a look at this. If our tar code supported out of order
> restoration(using fseeko) I'd be done. But it doesn't, and I won't get
> that done for 8.4, if at all. I'm not sure what would be involved in
> making it work.

Added to TODO:

Allow parallel restore of tar dumps

* http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-02/msg01154.php

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