diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO index 4e2b8ed6d6..ef9131ce6f 100644 --- a/doc/TODO +++ b/doc/TODO @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ PostgreSQL TODO List ==================== Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us) -Last updated: Tue Mar 18 19:32:48 EDT 2008 +Last updated: Tue Mar 18 19:35:12 EDT 2008 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html. @@ -1630,13 +1630,18 @@ Miscellaneous Performance http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2007-02/msg00493.php -* Experiment with multi-threaded backend better resource utilization +* Experiment with multi-threaded backend better I/O utilization - This would allow a single query to make use of multiple CPU's or - multiple I/O channels simultaneously. One idea is to create a - background reader that can pre-fetch sequential and index scan - pages needed by other backends. This could be expanded to allow - concurrent reads from multiple devices in a partitioned table. + This would allow a single query to make use of multiple I/O channels + simultaneously. One idea is to create a background reader that can + pre-fetch sequential and index scan pages needed by other backends. + This could be expanded to allow concurrent reads from multiple devices + in a partitioned table. + +* Experiment with multi-threaded backend better CPU utilization + + This would allow several CPUs to be used for a single query, such as + for sorting or query execution. * Consider increasing the minimum allowed number of shared buffers diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html index 4255c6a0b1..6088559bbd 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

PostgreSQL TODO List

Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us)
-Last updated: Tue Mar 18 19:32:48 EDT 2008 +Last updated: Tue Mar 18 19:35:12 EDT 2008

The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html. @@ -1415,12 +1415,16 @@ first. There is also a developer's wiki at

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2007-02/msg00493.php

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  • 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. One idea is to create a - background reader that can pre-fetch sequential and index scan - pages needed by other backends. This could be expanded to allow - concurrent reads from multiple devices in a partitioned table. +

  • Experiment with multi-threaded backend better I/O utilization +

    This would allow a single query to make use of multiple I/O channels + simultaneously. One idea is to create a background reader that can + pre-fetch sequential and index scan pages needed by other backends. + This could be expanded to allow concurrent reads from multiple devices + in a partitioned table. +

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  • Experiment with multi-threaded backend better CPU utilization +

    This would allow several CPUs to be used for a single query, such as + for sorting or query execution.

  • Consider increasing the minimum allowed number of shared buffers

    http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2008-02/msg00157.php