Hi pgsql-general mailing list users, I have a question related to the development of a new index structure. I am a writing my masters thesis regarding index structures and the possibility to parallize them. I already found a post in the archives regarding Open MP, but my question is somehow different. I am currently not aiming at a production ready implementation, a prototype is sufficient. I already checked if I can use a different database, e.g. Apache Derby or MySQL (because they are already multithreaded), but it is rather complicated to extend them, I think it is not intended to add new index structures within one of them. So, long story short, PostgreSQL is optimal for development of a new index structure and well documented (yeah! really! great! thanks a lot for that!). I am not aiming for full parallelization, only some parts of the algorithm regarding build, insert and search are going to be extended by Open MP. E.g. I want to parallelize searching in multiple pages by directing some portions to one thread and other portions to another thread. Do you think that this small amount of parallelization is possible? Or will there be complications with the used methods by the buffer manager and so on? What do you think? What are your thoughts? Greets, Yves W. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
