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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
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< 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 > .
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< h1 > < a name = "section_18" > Startup Time Improvements< / a > < / h1 >
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< 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.
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< / 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.
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< / li > < li > Add connection pooling
< p > It is unclear if this should be done inside the backend code or done