On 05/07/2014 11:13 AM, Peter Geoghegan wrote: > We ought to be realistic about the fact that the current > recommendations around sizing shared_buffers are nothing more than > folk wisdom. That's the best we have right now, but that seems quite > unsatisfactory to me.
So, as one of several people who put literally hundreds of hours into the original benchmarking which established the sizing recommendations for shared_buffers (and other settings), I find the phrase "folk wisdom" personally offensive. So, can we stop with this? Otherwise, I don't think I can usefully participate in this discussion. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
