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[Henrik Ingo <henrik.ingo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Henrik Ingo <henrik.ingo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Daniel Bartholomew <dbart@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> == Segmented Key Cache Syntax ==
>>
>> New global variable: key_cache_partitions, it sets the number of
>> segments in a key cache. Valid values for this variable are whole
>
> Since we changed the name of this feature to key_cache_partitions
> (after it was committed), should the name of the variable be changed
> to key_cache_segments?

Eh, this statement should have said: Since we changed the name of this
feature to *segmented key cache* (after it was committed), should the
name of the variable be changed to key_cache_segments?

henrik

>> Question for the developers: A key_cache_partitions value of '0' means
>> the key cache will not be segmented, it will be a regular (or simple)
>> key cache. A value of '1' means the key cache will be a segmented key
>> cache with a single segment. Is there any benefit to having a
>> "single-segment segmented key cache" compared to a regular "simple key
>> cache" or are they practically the same thing?
>
> Excellent question :-)
>
>
> henrik
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