Jim, > But have you looked at how this affects response time, especially around > checkpoints? Testing I've done shows that changing the variables in > 8.0.3 can markedly reduce the impact of checkpoints. In many > applications, maintaining low response times is more important than > overall throughput, and that's where bgwriter tuning currently comes > into play. Depending on hardware it may not be possible to simplify all > these into a single number, either.
Hmmm ... can you give me the settings you used? I'd like to check the response times. --Josh -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match