PostgreSQL TODO List
====================
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
-Last updated: Sat Apr 8 23:26:57 EDT 2006
+Last updated: Sun Apr 9 16:24:16 EDT 2006
The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
Startup Time Improvements
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-* Experiment with multi-threaded backend [thread]
+* Experiment with multi-threaded backend for backend creation [thread]
This would prevent the overhead associated with process creation. Most
operating systems have trivial process creation time compared to
Solaris) might benefit from threading. Also explore the idea of
a single session using multiple threads to execute a statement faster.
+* Experiment with multi-threaded backend better resource utilization
+
+ This would allow a single query to make use of multiple CPU's or
+ multiple I/O channels simultaneously.
+
* Add connection pooling
It is unclear if this should be done inside the backend code or done
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<h1><a name="section_1">PostgreSQL TODO List</a></h1>
<p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<a href="mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</a>)<br/>
-Last updated: Sat Apr 8 23:26:57 EDT 2006
+Last updated: Sun Apr 9 16:24:16 EDT 2006
</p>
<p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/>
<a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</a>.
<h1><a name="section_18">Startup Time Improvements</a></h1>
<ul>
- <li>Experiment with multi-threaded backend [<a href="http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgtodo?thread">thread</a>]
+ <li>Experiment with multi-threaded backend for backend creation [<a href="http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgtodo?thread">thread</a>]
<p> This would prevent the overhead associated with process creation. Most
operating systems have trivial process creation time compared to
database startup overhead, but a few operating systems (Win32,
Solaris) might benefit from threading. Also explore the idea of
a single session using multiple threads to execute a statement faster.
</p>
+ </li><li>Experiment with multi-threaded backend better resource utilization
+<p> This would allow a single query to make use of multiple CPU's or
+ multiple I/O channels simultaneously.
+</p>
</li><li>Add connection pooling
<p> It is unclear if this should be done inside the backend code or done
by something external like pgpool. The passing of file descriptors to