Re: gaussian distribution pgbench

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
To: KONDO Mitsumasa <kondo(dot)mitsumasa(at)lab(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: gaussian distribution pgbench
Date: 2014-03-18 10:02:46
Message-ID: 532819C6.60807@vmware.com
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On 03/18/2014 11:57 AM, KONDO Mitsumasa wrote:
> I think that this feature will be also useful for survey new buffer-replace
> algorithm and checkpoint strategy, so on.

Sure. No doubt about that.

> If we remove this option, it is really dissapointed..

As long as we get the \setrandom changes in, you can easily do these
tests using a custom script. There's nothing wrong with using a custom
script, it will be just as useful for exploring buffer replacement
algorithms, checkpoints etc. as a built-in option.

- Heikki

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