Re: Performance Tuning Article

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:16:03 -0700
Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> wrote:

> 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

Thanks! These changes have been incorporated.

> 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.

I'll work this bit of wisdom in later tonight. Thanks again for the
feedback.

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