| From: | Tony Grant <tony(at)tgds(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Kaarel <kaarel(at)future(dot)ee>, Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Jay O'Connor" <joconnor(at)cybermesa(dot)com>, postgres list <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Postgres performance comments from a MySQL user |
| Date: | 2003-06-11 19:37:08 |
| Message-ID: | 1055360227.1631.111.camel@vaio |
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On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 21:28, Tom Lane wrote:
> There are still a lot of platforms where desirable settings will cause
> the database to fail to start, because the default kernel limits on
> shared memory are still set for 1980s-vintage hardware.
>
> We have had a policy for a long time that we'd rather the out-of-the-box
> settings be guaranteed to start than that they be optimal for
> performance. No one is going to get as far as testing performance
> if the system won't start for them.
How about providing several .conf files with an indication of what
hardware profiles they correspond to?
For example a low end, a mid range and a high end machine. Plus a SMP
.conf file.
Cheers
Tony Grant
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