Re: Feature Request --- was: PostgreSQL Performance Tuning

From: Kevin Hunter <hunteke(at)earlham(dot)edu>
To: "Craig A(dot) James" <cjames(at)modgraph-usa(dot)com>
Cc: Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Feature Request --- was: PostgreSQL Performance Tuning
Date: 2007-04-30 17:30:05
Message-ID: 33127762-7EBB-4D1E-9147-5BFB3EB7A883@earlham.edu
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At 12:18p -0400 on 30 Apr 2007, Craig A. James wrote:
> 1. Generating a resonable starting configuration for neophyte users
> who have installed Postgres for the first time.

I recognize that PostgreSQL and MySQL try to address different
problem-areas, but is this one reason why a lot of people with whom I
talk prefer MySQL? Because PostgreSQL is so "slooow" out of the box?*

Thanks,

Kevin

* Not trolling; I use PostgreSQL almost exclusively.

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