Re: Unlogged vs. In-Memory

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(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 20:13:07
Message-ID: 20110504201307.GE1340@fetter.org
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On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 11:12:12PM +0300, Devrim GUNDUZ wrote:
> 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.

How about Faster Tables?

Cheers,
David.
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