Added to TODO: o Add external tool to auto-tune some postgresql.conf parameters
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2008-06/msg00000.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Lane wrote: > Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tom Lane wrote: > >> * Can we build a "configuration wizard" to tell newbies what settings > >> they need to tweak? > > > That would trump all the other suggestions conclusively. Anyone good at > > expert systems? > > How far could we get with the answers to just three questions: > > * How many concurrent queries do you expect to have? > > * How much RAM space are you willing to let Postgres use? > > * How much "overhead" disk space are you willing to let Postgres use? > > concurrent queries drives max_connections, obviously, and RAM space > would drive shared_buffers and effective_cache_size, and both of them > would be needed to size work_mem. The third one is a bit weird but > I don't see any other good way to set the checkpoint parameters. > > If those aren't enough questions, what else must we ask? Or maybe they > aren't the right questions at all --- maybe we should ask "is this a > dedicated machine or not" and try to extrapolate everything else from > what we (hopefully) can find out about the hardware. > > regards, tom lane > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers