Re: random_page_cost = 2.0 on Heroku Postgres

From: Cédric Villemain <cedric(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Peter van Hardenberg <pvh(at)pvh(dot)ca>, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: random_page_cost = 2.0 on Heroku Postgres
Date: 2012-02-10 19:48:07
Message-ID: 201202102048.07495.cedric@2ndquadrant.com
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Le vendredi 10 février 2012 20:32:50, Josh Berkus a écrit :
> On 2/9/12 2:41 PM, Peter van Hardenberg wrote:
> > Hmm, perhaps we could usefully aggregate auto_explain output.
>
> The other option is to take a statistical approach. After all, what you
> want to do is optimize average response times across all your user's
> databases, not optimize for a few specific queries.
>
> So one thought would be to add in pg_stat_statements to your platform
> ... something I'd like to see Heroku do anyway. Then you can sample
> this across dozens (or hundreds) of user databases, each with RPC set to
> a slightly different level, and aggregate it into a heat map.
>
> That's the way I'd do it, anyway.

in such set up, I sometime build a ratio between transactions processed and
CPU usage, many indicators exists, inside and outside DB, that are useful to
combine and use just as a 'this is normal behavior'. It turns to be easy in
the long term to see if things go better or worse.

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