Posted by tosh 1 day ago
Are you sure you want to use MMAP in your DBMS? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39321038 - Feb 2024 (72 comments)
Are You Sure You Want to Use MMAP in Your Database Management System? (2022) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36563187 - July 2023 (177 comments)
Are You Sure You Want to Use MMAP in Your Database Management System? [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31504052 - May 2022 (43 comments)
Are you sure you want to use MMAP in your database management system? [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29936104 - Jan 2022 (127 comments)
Also:
Async hazard: MMAP is blocking IO - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41312124 - Aug 2024 (115 comments)
But how, exactly, do databases use mmap? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25881911 - Jan 2021 (115 comments)
Why mmap is faster than system calls (2019) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25701959 - Jan 2021 (203 comments)
Why mmap is faster than system calls (2019) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24842648 - Oct 2020 (78 comments)
Use mmap with care - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19805675 - May 2019 (213 comments)
Mmap(2) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10568921 - Nov 2015 (22 comments)
The mmap pattern - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7678178 - May 2014 (46 comments)
Why not mmap? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2562800 - May 2011 (25 comments)