Re: [DOCS] Added documentation about caching, reliability

2005-09-29 Thread Bruce Momjian
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 28. September 2005 20:26 schrieb Bruce Momjian:
> > I also renamed the chapter "Reilability" rather than "WAL."
> 
> Considering that the chapter is, in fact, all about WAL, I don't think this 
> is 
> a good move.  Reliability is a concern that is not only addressed by the WAL 
> system.  Please change it back.

Well, now the chapter is about WAL and reliability, so I thought
reliability hit both topics.  Also, maybe we should consider moving this
FAQ item into the docs:

3.7) What computer hardware should I use?

Because PC hardware is mostly compatible, people tend to believe that
all PC hardware is of equal quality.  It is not.  ECC RAM, SCSI, and
quality motherboards are more reliable and have better performance than
less expensive hardware.  PostgreSQL will run on almost any hardware,
but if reliability and performance are important it is wise to
research your hardware options thoroughly.  Our email lists can be used
to discuss hardware options and tradeoffs.

Anyway, I thought the previous chapter title, WAL, was weird because it
was hard to know why an administrator would care about WAL --- there was
no lead-in to the term.  This way, it is all under reliability, and can
add to it.

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Re: [DOCS] Added documentation about caching, reliability

2005-09-29 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Well, now the chapter is about WAL and reliability, so I thought
> reliability hit both topics. Also, maybe we should consider moving 
> this FAQ item into the docs:
>
> 3.7) What computer hardware should I
> use?

Hardware choice and configuration are important topics, but neither of 
these are strongly tied to either WAL or Reliability.  Reliability is 
the property (not a "feature") of a system to do what you meant for it 
to do.  Certainly WAL contributes to that by increasing tolerance 
against hardware failures, but it still seems to be a rather 
far-fetched connection to pair these two.

I could see hardware issues being discussed in chapter 16, since we 
already have operating system and kernel configuration there, and it's 
the chapter a user will read when setting up a server system.

I was never all that happy with the WAL chapter, since, as you say, it 
doesn't seem to be a first-class user-level feature.  I'd be happy to 
integrate it into another chapter, but I'm not sure where.

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Re: [DOCS] Added documentation about caching, reliability

2005-09-29 Thread Bruce Momjian
Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Well, now the chapter is about WAL and reliability, so I thought
> > reliability hit both topics. Also, maybe we should consider moving 
> > this FAQ item into the docs:
> >
> > 3.7) What computer hardware should I
> > use?
> 
> Hardware choice and configuration are important topics, but neither of 
> these are strongly tied to either WAL or Reliability.  Reliability is 
> the property (not a "feature") of a system to do what you meant for it 
> to do.  Certainly WAL contributes to that by increasing tolerance 
> against hardware failures, but it still seems to be a rather 
> far-fetched connection to pair these two.
> 
> I could see hardware issues being discussed in chapter 16, since we 
> already have operating system and kernel configuration there, and it's 
> the chapter a user will read when setting up a server system.
> 
> I was never all that happy with the WAL chapter, since, as you say, it 
> doesn't seem to be a first-class user-level feature.  I'd be happy to 
> integrate it into another chapter, but I'm not sure where.

Sure, I am looking for suggestions.  My relabeling at least fixes that,
but feel free to move things around and relabel them.

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Re: [DOCS] INSTALL file nits

2005-09-29 Thread Josh Berkus

Rich,


I just grabbed a copy of PostgreSQL from

  http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/unix_open_source/postgresql.html



There's a much *bigger* issue than the ones you mention.  That's 
PostgreSQL 7.3, 3 years old.   I've written Apple several times about 
updating it, but no response.


I suggest getting your PostgreSQL from Entropy.ch instead.

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Re: [DOCS] INSTALL file nits

2005-09-29 Thread Rich Morin

Actually, it's version 8.0.3, as of 2005.09.21.  Izzat OK?

-r

At 9:27 AM -0700 9/29/05, Josh Berkus wrote:

There's a much *bigger* issue than the ones you mention.  That's
PostgreSQL 7.3, 3 years old.   I've written Apple several times
about updating it, but no response.

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Re: [DOCS] INSTALL file nits

2005-09-29 Thread Josh Berkus
Rich,

> Actually, it's version 8.0.3, as of 2005.09.21.  Izzat OK?

Oh, cool!  They updated it!  They just didn't mail me I suppose.

Oh, I see.  This isn't an Apple Download, it's just a link to source 
downloads off of our site.   

I think you're correct, the best thing would be to add something to the 
docs about "installing on OSX".   Could you write such a thing?  You've 
posted most of it, but if you could do a HOWTO-style that would be keen.

Of course, we still recommend entropy.ch:
http://www.entropy.ch/software/macosx/postgresql/

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Re: [DOCS] INSTALL file nits

2005-09-29 Thread Josh Berkus
Rich, All,

Even better, Dru seems to have an installer:

http://pgsqlformac.sourceforge.net/

I'm going to contact him about mirroring his installer through the FTP 
sites.

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Re: [DOCS] INSTALL file nits

2005-09-29 Thread Devrim GUNDUZ


Hi,

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Josh Berkus wrote:


Even better, Dru seems to have an installer:

http://pgsqlformac.sourceforge.net/

I'm going to contact him about mirroring his installer through the FTP
sites.


Inviting Dru to pgfoundry is better I think, that will make it easier to 
mirror the installer from our FTP and the mirrors like other pgfoundry 
projects.


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