[Bizgres-general] Bizgres 0.6 beta available

[Luke Lonergan]

FYI - the COPY improvement tests to as much as 95%, not 35%.  The
improvement for CREATE TABLE AS tests up to 65%.

- Luke


On 7/8/05 1:38 PM, "Josh Berkus" <josh at agliodbs.com> wrote:

> Bizgres beta version 0.6 has been released.  Source is available on the
> bizgres home page (http://bizgres.org); binaries
> for Linux and Solaris are available from GreenPlum
> (http://www.greenplum.com/prod_download.html,  as "DeepGreen PostgreSQL":
> it's the same thing as Bizgres).
> 
> This version includes the first patches which Bizgres is getting before
> mainstream PostgreSQL.   These first two patches are Alon Goldshuv's batch
> processing improvement for COPY, which improves bulk loading by as much as
> 35%.   The second is Simon Riggs' patch allowing disabling of WAL logging
> on "holding tables", as are frequently used for ETL.  Combined, the two
> patches can halve disk I/O costs for ETL operations.  Both of these
> patches have been submitted to PostgreSQL and should be in PostgreSQL 8.1
> or 8.2 (if accepted).
> 
> Bizgres is based on PostgreSQL 8.0.2, and includes JDBC, an enhanced
> Java-based bulk loader, a Windows cross-compile, and a unified installer.  
> Bizgres is BSD-licensed.  Documentation for this version will is avaible on
> the Bizgres documentation page
> (http://www.bizgres.org/pages.php?pg=documentation).
> 
> Bizgres version 0.7, which will include several more significant features
> (such as table partitioning and a performance configuration tool) should
> be out around July 31.  In the meantime, please download, test, and give
> us your feedback!
> 
> --Josh