diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO index 85c9ac576b..aa3b31b683 100644 --- a/doc/TODO +++ b/doc/TODO @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PostgreSQL TODO List ==================== Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) -Last updated: Mon Apr 10 22:08:01 EDT 2006 +Last updated: Thu Apr 13 06:50:02 EDT 2006 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html. @@ -1012,7 +1012,10 @@ Startup Time Improvements * 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. + 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. * Add connection pooling diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html index 27f70ed739..8f526802f2 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

PostgreSQL TODO List

Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
-Last updated: Mon Apr 10 22:08:01 EDT 2006 +Last updated: Thu Apr 13 06:50:02 EDT 2006

The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html. @@ -915,7 +915,10 @@ first.

  • 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. + 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.

  • Add connection pooling

    It is unclear if this should be done inside the backend code or done