> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 13:30:45 -0700 > From: Josh Berkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Nick Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: go for a script! / ex: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
>> This would be parameters such as the block size and a few other >> compile time parameters. If we can get to some of these read-only >> parameters than that would make this step easier, certainly for the new >> recruits amongst us. > > Actually, from my perspective, we shouldn't bother with this; if an admin > knows enough to set an alternate blaock size for PG, then they know > enough to tweak the Conf file by hand. I think we should just issue a > warning that this script: > 1) does not work for anyone who is using non-default block sizes, There was some talk, either on this list or freebsd-performance about setting the default block size for PostgreSQL running on FreeBSD to be 16k because of performance reasons. That is: *default* for the port, user is not asked. So an automagical method to scale non-default block sizes is a very needed thing. > 2) may not work well for anyone using unusual locales, optimization > flags, or other non-default compile options except for language > interfaces. Depends on what you consider 'unusual'? I hope not things like iso8859-x (or, to be exact, European languages) :) -- Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
