Re: Benchmarking PG

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Manolo _ <mac_man2005(at)hotmail(dot)it>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Benchmarking PG
Date: 2007-12-11 12:11:29
Message-ID: 475E7E71.1070701@enterprisedb.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-performance

Manolo _ wrote:
> I'd like to benchmark PG. I'd like to compare sorting performances (time spent, #of disk accesses, # of run produced etc) of the present Replacement Selection (external sorting) algorithm and of a refinement I'm going to implement.
>
> I'm new on PG, I just had the idea of how to possibly get better that algorithm and choosed to test it on PG since it's an open-source DBMS.
>
> I've been searching the web for a benchmark. I suppose TPC-H and Wisconsin could fit, but had problems when trying to use them.
> Any suggestion on a "good benchmark"?
> Any tutorial on how to use them?

If you want to compare sorting performance in particular, running a big
query that needs a big sort will be much more useful than a generic DBMS
benchmark like TPC-H.

--
Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

In response to

Browse pgsql-performance by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Manolo _ 2007-12-11 13:23:31 Is it spam or not?
Previous Message Manolo _ 2007-12-11 11:57:24 Is it spam or not?