Re: Can postgresql be run in memory (like a memory resident program)

From: Christopher Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can postgresql be run in memory (like a memory resident program)
Date: 2003-02-25 20:06:16
Message-ID: m3znokunuv.fsf@chvatal.cbbrowne.com
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Martha Stewart called it a Good Thing whenrmalghan(at)btspartners(dot)com ("Malghan, Ravi")wrote:
> Is it possible to run post-gresql in memory? I searched through all the
> older postings didn't find much info.

You could presumably mount the databases on an in-memory filesystem
such as the oft-available "tempfs", and thus have the data reside "in
memory."

But more realistically if this is what you /truly/ want, you should
probably look at other packages like FastDB or Speedy.
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