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February 03 – 05 , 2016

PgConf.Russia 2016

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PgConf.Russia 2016
  • Heikki Linnakangas
    Heikki Linnakangas Pivotal Ltd

    PostgreSQL includes several index types: GiST, SP-GiST, GIN, and of course, the regular B-tree. DBAs are familiar with using each of these for specific use cases, GIN for full-text search, GiST for geometrical data, and so on, but how do they work internally? What makes them suitable for the cases they're typically used for?

    In this presentation, I will walk through the internal structure of each of these index types, explaining what strengths and weaknesses each one of them have.

  • Anastasia Lubennikova
    Anastasia Lubennikova PostgresPro

    B-tree is the most widely used index type in PostgreSQL. This data structure and concerned algorithms are developed about forty years ago. But there is still an area for optimisations. In this presentation I'm going to talk about B-tree data structure, and its features important for the optimal index usage. Furthermore, I'll present a couple of new features which are expected to be included in PostgreSQL 9.6 release.

  • Алексей Игнатов
    Алексей Игнатов PostgresPro
  • Alexander Krizhanovsky
    Alexander Krizhanovsky NatSys Lab

    We'll discuss how does Linux work with virtual memory. The following topics will be covered: * x86-64 page table, context switch and page fault; * internals of virtual memory management (VMM) in Linux; * page eviction methods in Linux, page cache and anonymous pages; * huge and gigantic pages, transparent huge pages; * how mmap(2) works and what madvise(2), msync(2) etc. provide; * why large databases don't use mmap(2), but rather implement buffer pool on their own; * ans surely how to tune Linux VMM using sysctl.

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