Re: zheap: a new storage format for PostgreSQL

From: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Alexander Korotkov <a(dot)korotkov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
Cc: Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: zheap: a new storage format for PostgreSQL
Date: 2018-03-02 11:40:27
Message-ID: CAEepm=3sVN437h4dyP=kOv87ZDdsWimaCjDEkXpd6T1WVf=-cg@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 11:35 PM, Alexander Korotkov
<a(dot)korotkov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:31 PM, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:50 PM, Tsunakawa, Takayuki
>> <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com> wrote:
>> > Wonderful! BTW, what "z" stand for? Ultimate?
>>
>> There is no special meaning to 'z'. We have discussed quite a few
>> names (like newheap, nheap, zheap and some more on those lines), but
>> zheap sounds better. IIRC, one among Robert or Thomas has come up
>> with this name.
>
> I would propose "zero-bloat heap" disambiguation of zheap. Seems like fair
> enough explanation for me without need to rename :)

Nice.

A weird idea I had is that it adds a Z dimension to your tables.
That's a bit... far fetched, I admit.

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Thomas Munro
http://www.enterprisedb.com

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