| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Retronym: s/magnetic disk/main data/ |
| Date: | 2019-04-11 18:05:41 |
| Message-ID: | 20190411180541.qgyftmosvylrtlzu@momjian.us |
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On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 05:49:36PM +1300, Thomas Munro wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I propose that in v13 we redefine "MD" (from md.c) to mean "main data"
> (instead of "magnetic disk"). That's the standard storage layout for
> typical table and index AMs. As opposed to the proposed undo and SLRU
> SMGRs that provide layouts specialised for different life cycles.
A bigger issue is that our documention often refers to "disk" as storage
when including SSD storage, which clearly have no disks. They are
"solid state drives", not disks.
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