Re: Unlogged vs. In-Memory

From: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: Ian Bailey-Leung <ian(at)hardcircle(dot)net>, Joshua Kramer <josh(at)globalherald(dot)net>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Unlogged vs. In-Memory
Date: 2011-05-04 20:12:12
Message-ID: 1304539932.2880.581.camel@lenovo01-laptop03.gunduz.org
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On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 12:59 -0700, David Fetter wrote:
> > The best way to show off a new feature is to emphasize the positive
> > aspects. The main reason people will use unlogged tables is to
> improve
> > performance on tables that do not need to be crash safe. I would
> > propose calling the feature something like "Fast Tables", and the
> fine
> > print can mention the trade-offs related to not logging.
> >
> > Just my thoughts,
>
> +1 for Fast Tables.

So, are the remaining ones "slow"? That is not good from marketing (and
technical) perspective.
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