Re: pgtune

From: Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Jacqui Caren-home <jacqui(dot)caren(at)ntlworld(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgtune
Date: 2010-08-11 16:42:01
Message-ID: 4C62D2D9.5080707@2ndquadrant.com
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Jacqui Caren-home wrote:
> we had a rather neat tool for oracle some
> years ago that would connect to a live database and monitor the QEP
> (query execution plan) cache for badly indexed queries etc.
> It would use this information (with the schema meta data) to suggest
> creation and deletion of indices or norm or denorm of tables.
> ...
> My questions is - is there anything out there "similar" for Pg?

We have a service like that: http://www.tuningcloud.com/

And some of Enterprise DB's PostgreSQL products have a tool named
Dynatune that tweaks the configuration of a running server:
http://www.enterprisedb.com/docs/en/8.3/suppguide/EnterpriseDB_Supplement_EN_8.3-15.htm

I'm not sure how much they actually look at queries to make those
decisions though.

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Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com www.2ndQuadrant.us

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