Re: WIP patch for parallel pg_dump

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Joachim Wieland <joe(at)mcknight(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: WIP patch for parallel pg_dump
Date: 2010-12-02 22:13:37
Message-ID: 4CF81A11.7010605@dunslane.net
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On 12/02/2010 05:01 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas<heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
>> That's a big patch..
> Not nearly big enough :-(
>
> In the past, proposals for this have always been rejected on the grounds
> that it's impossible to assure a consistent dump if different
> connections are used to read different tables. I fail to understand
> why that consideration can be allowed to go by the wayside now.
>
>

Well, snapshot cloning should allow that objection to be overcome, no?

cheers

andrew

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