Bollywood Features

PostgreSQL 9.0 is in the can and is coming to the end of post-production. Still looking forward to the usual last minute special effects by ILM (Industrial Lane & Magic) to pull some extra zing into performance.

So what next? Well, three genres attract my attention: High performance ("OLTP"), Replication and Data Warehousing. The first two are action features, while the last one is more of a romance for me. Some of the stunts for the first two are similar, so we'll be looking to reduce production costs with some clever thinking.

No blockbusters this year, though hopefully some worthwhile features.

High performance stuff we hope for in 9.1 will be

* Group commit
* MERGE related stuff - production costs stalled the first attempt to bring this to the big screen, though some Euro sponsorship should make this viable. Hoping that Greg Smith will take the lead role on this cos its a big performance critical project, with some hard bits.
* Some surprise features!

Replication

* Synchronous replication
* Relay replication
* Fast switchover - an art house flick with a small, yet good following

Data Warehousing features for 9.1 will be

* Bit map indexes - has had its script rewritten a few times and the actors have changed as well, though it really needs to happen this time around cos its just so cool.
I also expect to keep my eye on Partitioning features to ensure it actually works for the use cases we care about, which is Big Data.

Dancing is a key element of Bollywood and the best bits are when everyone gets involved in huge Busby Berkeley numbers. Expecting the dancing to be particularly intense for Synchronous Replication though the dancers are also fairly well trained, so we're hoping for a happy ending with a cool soundtrack.

Unsure if its a promise I can keep, but no more features with the word "Hot" in the title, especially since the dance routines are so long.

Not going to Cannes this year, but I will be appearing at the Brits: www.char10.org