how test postgresql.conf settings? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Arnau Rebassa Villalonga
Subject how test postgresql.conf settings?
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Msg-id 43F304FC.9040904@androme.es
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Hi all,

   I'm testing different configurations of postgresql 8.1 running on
debian. The method I was following was:
   - change the postgresql.conf
   - restart postgres (/etc/init.d/postgresql restart )
   - execute my test queries

  I have noticed that this is not enough to flush the cache, I don't
know where it is, if at the raid controller, at OS or at postgresql
itself. Reboot the machine I don't think it's a good solution because it
takes quite long. Do you have any suggestion? BTW is there any tool to
stress the DB, I mean, create a set of queries to execute and throw a
configurable set of concurrent connections to check the performance?


Thanks to all
--
Arnau

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