On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 01:23:53AM +0200, Rainer Bauer wrote: > I think it would be an enourmous help for beginners if they had a "simple" > tuning tool which would tell them which values where altered (and possibly > why) from Postgres' default settings based on some basic information. > Like: > - machine hardware (disk layout, OS, installed memory, etc.) > - application usage (no. of clients, read/write activity, etc)
It would be possible to make a program that worked like: # pg_autotune Detected 4GB memory, 2.3GB free Measured random_page_cost=2.3 Select expected usage: (d)edicated, (n)ormal, (t)iny > t Shared_buffers 64MB Configuration stored to /etc/postgresql/8.3/postgresql.conf # This would probably solve most issues. Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Please line up in a tree and maintain the heap invariant while > boarding. Thank you for flying nlogn airlines.
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
