Re: Improving postgresql.conf - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Mark Kirkwood
Subject Re: Improving postgresql.conf
Date
Msg-id 40D00BCB.2090009@coretech.co.nz
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: Improving postgresql.conf  (Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
Responses Re: Improving postgresql.conf
List pgsql-hackers
This seems like a nice idea -

It might even be worth targeting a couple pf specific "ranges" - e.g : 
machines with 1G RAM and 4G RAM  ( "medium" are "large" come to mind, I 
know it's a bit like that "other" database product we know of.... but 
that doesn't mean it's necessarily bad!)

Mark

Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:

>
>
> I'm strongly in favour of distribution postresql.conf-large as well, 
> with much higher settings for SCSI, 1GM RAM machines, say.  This is 
> exactly as MySQL does it and I think it's a great idea.
>
> At least then an admin will notice the file there and say to 
> themselves "I wonder what I need to do to configure for a big server, 
> i guess that implies that this default postgresql.conf won't perform 
> very well"...
>
> Chris
>
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ?
>
>               http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html



pgsql-hackers by date:

Previous
From: Christopher Kings-Lynne
Date:
Subject: Re: Improving postgresql.conf
Next
From: Mark Kirkwood
Date:
Subject: Re: Improving postgresql.conf