On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 11:11 PM, <gnuoytr@rcn.com> wrote:
> An approach that works can be found in DB2, and likely elsewhere.
>
> The key is that tablespaces/tables/indexes/buffers are all attached through the bufferpool (the DB2 term). A
tablespace/bufferpoolmatch is defined. Then tables and indexes are assigned to the tablespace (and implicitly, the
bufferpool). As a result, one can effectively pin data in memory. This is very useful, but not low hanging fruit to
implement.
>
> The introduction of rudimentary tablespaces is a first step. I assumed that the point was to get to a DB2-like
structureat some point. Yes?
We already have tablespaces, and our data already is accessed through
the buffer pool.
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