I have added this item to TODO:
* Consider use of open/fctl(O_DIRECT) to minimize OS caching
Web shows it minimized file system caching, perhaps for sequential
scans:
http://archives2.us.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2001-09/msg00713.php
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