Frank,
> I've put together a short article and posted it online regarding
> performance tuning PostgreSQL in general. I believe it helps to bring
> together the info in a easy to digest manner. I would appreciate any
> feedback, comments, and especially any technical corrections.
Looks nice. You should mark the link to the perf tips at Varlena.com as
"PostgreSQL 7.4" and augment it with the current version here:
www.powerpostgresql.com/PerfList
as well as the Annotated .Conf File:
www.powerpostgresql.com/Docs
For my part, I've generally seen that SATA disks still suck for read-write
applications. I generally rate 1 UltraSCSI = 2 SATA disks for anything but
a 99% read application.
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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco
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