Neil,
> It's worth noting that I did a lot of work toward that goal (making the
> BufMgrLock more granular) earlier in 2004, but unfortunately wasn't able
> to get it finished before leaving for the summer. I can't guarantee that
> the approach I took was the right one, but if anyone's interested in
> working on this area then it might save some time to start with previous
> work. I want to take another shot at doing this for 8.1, although I
> don't know right now if I'll be able to.
Jan was interested in working on this as well; we hashed it out this summer.
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco