Yudhvir, I completely agree. I was just putting together a similar email.
Thanks, Lance Campbell Project Manager/Software Architect Web Services at Public Affairs University of Illinois 217.333.0382 http://webservices.uiuc.edu ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Y Sidhu Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:49 PM To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL Configuration Tool for Dummies On 6/19/07, Francisco Reyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Campbell, Lance writes: > Francisco and Richard, > Why ask about disk or raid? How would that impact any settings in > postgresql.conf? If the user has 2 disks and says that he will do a lot of updates he could put pg_xlog in the second disk. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster Let's not ask about disk or raid at this level of sanity tuning. It is important for a newbie to take the right first step. When it comes to disks, we start talking I/O, SATA, SCSI and the varying degrees of SATA and SCSI, and controller cards. Then we throw in RAID and the different levels therein. Add to that, we can talk about drivers controlling these drives and which OS is faster, more stable, etc. As you can see, a newbie would get drowned. So, please keep it simple. I know many people on this list are Gurus. We know you are the best in this field, but we are not and are just trying to improve what we have. -- Yudhvir Singh Sidhu 408 375 3134 cell
