Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr> writes:
> Ok, it seems in this case the best thing to do is to always copy. From tests
> I ran it looks like there's no gain in trying to align the data on write
> and test on read.

aligning the data on write will not help, since db is just going to
re-pack it anyway.

checking the alignment of the data on read might, though... depending
on the size of your copy and the cost of the test.  8-)


cgd
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