X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7D04D1B50A for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 09:54:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [64.117.224.130]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 81398-01 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 06:53:39 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.libertyrms.com (unknown [209.167.124.227]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53622D1B4F0 for ; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 06:53:36 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [10.1.2.130] (helo=dba2) by mail.libertyrms.com with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #3 (Debian)) id 1A7XUJ-0006N6-00 for ; Thu, 09 Oct 2003 05:53:39 -0400 Received: by dba2 (Postfix, from userid 1019) id CF576CCC2; Thu, 9 Oct 2003 05:53:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 05:53:38 -0400 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL Message-ID: <20031009095338.GF13500@libertyrms.info> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Sullivan , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org References: <20030704182853.GK4707@libertyrms.info> <200310081728.h98HSr811803@candle.pha.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200310081728.h98HSr811803@candle.pha.pa.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200310/261 X-Sequence-Number: 4009 On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 01:28:53PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Agreed. Text added to install docs: [&c.] I think this is just right. It tells a user where to find the info needed, doesn't reproduce it all over the place, and still points out that this is something you'd better do. Combined with the new probe-to-set-shared-buffers bit at install time, I think the reports of 400 billion times worse performance than MySQL will probably diminish. A -- ---- Andrew Sullivan 204-4141 Yonge Street Afilias Canada Toronto, Ontario Canada M2P 2A8 +1 416 646 3304 x110