| From: | Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> |
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| To: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | christoph(dot)mueller(at)crixp(dot)com, werner(dot)froidevaux(at)crixp(dot)com, dmueller(at)omex(dot)ch, guenter(dot)kempter(at)omex(dot)ch, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL |
| Date: | 2006-10-07 23:18:20 |
| Message-ID: | 452835BC.2050204@pse-consulting.de |
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently reviewed your FAQ on OpenCRX and was surprised to see your
> comment on PostgreSQL:
>
> Please note that we do not recommend PostgreSQL for production use.
> While PostgreSQL may be fine for many settings this DBMS simply does not
> deliver the performance required for openCRX (PostgreSQL takes
> minutes/hours to calculate 3-table-joins even for small data sets).
>
> Frankly, I am stunned. I have PostgreSQL in production in everything
> from Financial industries to large scale collaborative environments.
>
> Perhaps there is something incorrect with your setting? I would be happy
> to help you optimize your testing so that you can represent PostgreSQL
> properly.
>
The installation instruction describes very precisely how to modify
pg_hba.conf and all other steps, but not a single word about
postgresql.conf, how to adjust pgsql buffers or setting up vacuum. I
suspect they're running the default minimal configuration, without
vacuum, i.e. the typical pitfall.
Regards,
Andreas
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