Re: Performance (was: The New Slashdot Setup (includes MySql server))

Hi,

Hannu Krosing:
> And now there is a response to your response stating the following
>
That response is from me, actually. (I subscribed to -hackers two hours
ago, so I'm sorry if I missed anything.)

> > That being said, the standard MySQL benchmark _still_ is 30 times
> > faster for MySQL 3.23 than on PostgreSQL 7.0 (with fsync turned off,
> > _and_ nonstandard speed-up PostgreSQL features like VACUUM enabled,
>
> btw, how does one "enable" vacuum ?

run-all-tests ... --fast.

The code has stuff like

$server->vacuum(1,\$dbh) if $opt_fast and defined $server->{vacuum};

sprinkled at strategic places.

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