"Umar Farooq Minhas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How can we accrately estimate the "seq_page_fetch" and = > "random_page_fetch" costs from outside the postgres using for example a = > C routine.
Use a test case larger than memory. Repeat many times to average out noise. IIRC, when I did the experiments that led to the current random_page_cost of 4.0, it took about a week before I had numbers I trusted. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org