Re: initdb profiles

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: initdb profiles
Date: 2005-09-10 00:33:57
Message-ID: 432229F5.3050408@dunslane.net
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:

>On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 03:43:17AM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
>
>>What I would like to see is that initdb would end with saying that the
>>system is not really tuned and that I should run pg-some-program to
>>improve that. pg-some-program would analyze my system, ask me a few
>>questions, and then output a suggested configuration (or apply it right
>>away). Again, the challenge is to write that program.
>>
>>
>
>FYI, http://pgfoundry.org/projects/configurator/
>
>

Jim,

it's been referred to several times in this debate.

It might do what Peter wants, but for reasons already explained I don't
see it as a substitute for getting initdb to generate more realistic
settings.

cheers

andrew

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