Re: usleep feature for pgbench

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: usleep feature for pgbench
Date: 2007-07-05 21:54:32
Message-ID: 22479.1183672472@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Did you check that the observed performance for non-usleep-using scripts
>> didn't change? If this extra overhead causes a reduction in reported
>> TPS rates it would make it hard to compare older and newer tests.

> I keep wondering, why is that important? If you want to compare results
> of different PG versions, surely you can run the tests with the newest
> version of pgbench?

It's more about not having to repeat old test cases every time you want
to have numbers comparable to your latest case.

regards, tom lane

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