Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On Fri, 2009-04-03 at 16:34 -0700, David Kerr wrote:
>> 400 concurrent users doesn't mean that they're pulling 1.5 megs /
>> second every second.
> There's a world of difference between 400 connected and 400 concurrent
> users. You've been testing 400 concurrent users, yet without measuring
> data transfer. The think time will bring the number of users right down
> again, but you really need to include the much higher than normal data
> transfer into your measurements and pgbench won't help there.
Actually pgbench can simulate think time perfectly well: use its \sleep
command in your script. I think you can even set it up to randomize the
sleep time.
I agree that it seems David has been measuring a case far beyond what
his real problem is.
regards, tom lane
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