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From: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
To: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrew Sullivan <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 14:15:58 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>


Totally agree.

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Josh Berkus wrote:
> Bruce,
> 
> > Yes, I think that is a good idea --- now, does it go in the install
> > docs, or in the docs next to each GUC item?
> 
> Hmmm ... both, I think.   The Install Docs should have:
> 
> "Here are the top # things you will want to adjust in your PostgreSQL.conf:
> 1) Shared_buffers <link>
> 2) Sort_mem <link>
> 3) effective_cache_size <link>
> 4) random_page_cost <link>
> 5) Fsync <link>
> etc."
> 
> Then next to each of these items in the Docs, I add 1-2 sentences about how to 
> set that item.
> 
> Hmmm ... do we have similar instructions for setting connection options and 
> pg_hba.conf?  We should have a P telling people they need to do this.
> 
> Barring an objection, I'll get to work on this.
> 
> -- 
> Josh Berkus
> Aglio Database Solutions
> San Francisco
> 

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