All,
We can't reasonably require user input at initdb time, because most
users don't run initdb by hand -- their installer does it for them. So
any "tuning" which initdb does needs to be fully automated.
So, the question is: can we reasonably determine, at initdb time, how
much RAM the system has?
I also think this is where the much-debated ALTER SYSTEM SET suddenly
becomes valuable. With it, it's reasonable to run a "tune-up" tool on
the client side. I do think it's reasonable to tell a user:
"Just installed PostgreSQL? Run this command to tune your system:"
Mind you, the tuneup tool I'm working on makes use of Python,
configuration directory, and Jinga2, so it's not even relevant to the
preceeding.
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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com
