Re: Simple postgresql.conf wizard - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Simple postgresql.conf wizard
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Msg-id 603c8f070811191704w728cace9u88167adab4826a40@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Simple postgresql.conf wizard  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Simple postgresql.conf wizard  ("Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.com>)
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> Yes, please test something.  I am tired if us saying we need to increase
> default_statistics_target, but because we don't know the magic number,
> we do nothing release after release.

I think the idea that there IS a magic number is the problem.

No amount of testing is ever going to refute the argument that, under
some other workload, a different value might better.

But that doesn't amount to a reason to leave it the way it is.

...Robert


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