Re: random_page_cost = 2.0 on Heroku Postgres

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: random_page_cost = 2.0 on Heroku Postgres
Date: 2012-02-09 00:50:46
Message-ID: 4F331866.7070401@agliodbs.com
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On 2/7/12 4:59 PM, Peter van Hardenberg wrote:
> Per the thread from last month, I've updated the default
> random_page_cost on Heroku Postgres to reduce the expected cost of a
> random_page on all new databases.

This is because Heroku uses AWS storage, which has fast seeks but poor
throughput compared to internal disk on a standard system, BTW.

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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com

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