Re: cvs head? initdb? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: cvs head? initdb?
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Msg-id 200311151554.hAFFskb11871@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: cvs head? initdb?  (Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>)
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Jan Wieck wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > Our philosophy has never been to give people configuration options just
> > in case they might be valuable to them.  If we did that, we would be
> > like Oracle.
> > 
> > We give config options only if we can't decide the best default.  For
> > testing, you can have an #ifdef and we can test it ourselves.  If we can
> > find the best default, no need to burden the user with it.
> 
> Please tell me what is the best default cache replacement strategy for 
> PostgreSQL. Comparing the old LRU to the new ARC the winner is clear. 
> But what about MQ, 2Q, FBR, LFRU, LRU2 LFU and MRU?

Is there a BJM?  I would like to have one named after me too!  :-)

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