Re: performance implications of binary placement

Are you 100% certain that both builds are using all the same libraries?
And to be an apples-apples comparison, you really need to ensure that
the datadir is on the same filesystem in both cases (that's the first
thing I'd check).

Also, that pg_index... error sounds like the second build has been
corrupted.

On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 03:37:47PM -0500, Bob Dusek wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've been running performance tests on various incantations of Postgres
> on/off for a month or so. And, I've just come across some unexpected
> results.
>
> When I start my Postgres build as such:
>
> # (Scenario 1)
>
> ./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --bindir=/usr/bin
> --includedir=/usr/include/pgsql --datadir=/usr/share/postgresql
> --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/packages
> --disable-rpath --enable-thread-safety --enable-integer-datetimes
> --without-python --without-perl --without-tcl --without-tk
>
> It performs significantly worse than when I start my build like this:
>
> # (Scenario 2)
>
> ./configure --disable-rpath --enable-thread-safety
> --enable-integer-datetimes --without-python --without-perl --without-tcl
> --without-tk
>
> Note: the only differences are that "Scenario 1" includes these
> options:
>
> --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --bindir=/usr/bin
> --includedir=/usr/include/pgsql --datadir=/usr/share/postgresql
> --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/packages
>
> And, to be clear, "Scenario 1" performs worse than "Scenario 2". Simple
> insert statements are taking significantly longer.
>
> I did not expect to see a performance hit with these options, especially
> since "/usr/" on the test machine is mounted as its own partition, and
> in both cases, all of the binaries, include files, etc. are in that
> partition.
>
> Has anyone seen this before? Are hard drive mechanics the only thing in
> play here?
>
> The only difference I'm seeing in logging between the two versions is
> that Scenario 2 has several of this message littered throughout the
> logfile:
>
> ERROR: could not open relation "pg_index_indexrelid_index": No such file
> or directory
>
> But, that doesn't seem to be effecting functionality or performance
> (especially considering the fact that the logfile that contains that
> message is part of the test that is performing better).
>
> We're using Postgres 7.4.8, building from the SLES9 Postgres 7.4.8
> source rpm.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide. I can provide more detail if
> needed.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Bob
>
>
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