Re: Caching in PostgreSQL

From: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Caching in PostgreSQL
Date: 2007-01-16 16:10:29
Message-ID: 60zm8jlzpm.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com
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ramachandra(dot)bhaskaram(at)wipro(dot)com writes:
> Can anybody tell me how can I implement data Caching in the
> shared memory using PostgreSQL.

PostgreSQL already does that.

Implementing this functionality is rather tricky: Between version 7.4
and now, it has seen *massive* change which has required a great deal
of effort on the part of various developers.

Reimplementing it without a well-tested, well-thought-out alternative
proposal isn't likely to happen...
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