On Jan 29, 2013, at 6:24 AM, Alex Vinnik wrote: > random_page_cost=1 might be not what you really want. > it would mean that random reads are as fast as as sequential reads, which > probably is true only for SSD > What randon_page_cost would be more appropriate for EC2 EBS Provisioned > volume that can handle 2,000 IOPS?
For EC2 Provisioned IOPS volumes - not standard EBS - random_page_cost=1 is exactly what you want.
