Re: 2nd Level Buffer Cache

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, rsmogura <rsmogura(at)softperience(dot)eu>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 2nd Level Buffer Cache
Date: 2011-03-22 17:00:08
Message-ID: 4D88D598.9020802@dunslane.net
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On 03/22/2011 12:47 PM, Jeff Janes wrote:
>
>> Maybe the thing to focus on first is the oft-discussed "benchmark
>> farm" (similar to the "build farm"), with a good mix of loads, so
>> that the impact of changes can be better tracked for multiple
>> workloads on a variety of platforms and configurations.
> Yeah, that sounds great. Even just having a centrally organized group
> of scripts/programs that have a good mix of loads, without the
> automated farm to go with it, would be a help.
>
>

Part of the reason for releasing the buildfarm server code a few months
ago (see <https://github.com/PGBuildFarm/server-code>) was to encourage
development of a benchmark farm, amoong other offspring. But I haven't
seen such an animal emerging.

Someone just needs to sit down and do it and present us with a fait
accompli.

cheers

andrew

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