Re: WIP: Fast GiST index build

Hi,

Looking at the performance test results again on the wiki page 
(http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Fast_GiST_index_build_GSoC_2011#Testing_results), 
the patch can be summarized like this: it reduces the number of disk 
accesses, at the cost of some extra CPU work.

Is it possible to switch to the new buffering method in the middle of an 
index build? We could use the plain insertion method until the index 
grows to a certain size (effective_cache_size?), and switch to the 
buffering method after that.

--   Heikki Linnakangas  EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com