"Matthew Nuzum" <cobalt(at)bearfruit(dot)org> writes:
> Are you willing to say that the PostgreSQL database system should only be
> used by DBAs? I believe that Postgres is such a good and useful tool that
> anyone should be able to start using it with little or no barrier to entry.
I quite agree. But there is a difference between saying "you should get
decent performance with no effort" and "you should get optimal
performance with no effort". I think we can get to the first with
relatively little trouble (like boosting the default shared_buffers to
1000), but the second is an impractical goal.
regards, tom lane