Received: from localhost (maia-3.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FC169FB1DF for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:05:54 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 28340-07 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:05:42 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0D3E9FB1C4 for ; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:05:48 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kASF5bZU005659; Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:05:37 -0500 (EST) To: Peter Eisentraut cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org, "Simon Riggs" Subject: Re: DTrace docs, Open Items and Performance In-reply-to: <200611281209.27611.peter_e@gmx.net> References: <1164710275.3778.464.camel@silverbirch.site> <200611281209.27611.peter_e@gmx.net> Comments: In-reply-to Peter Eisentraut message dated "Tue, 28 Nov 2006 12:09:26 +0100" Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:05:37 -0500 Message-ID: <5658.1164726337@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200611/86 X-Sequence-Number: 3920 Peter Eisentraut writes: > Simon Riggs wrote: >> I'm planning to >> - add a new section to Performance Tips chapter called Dynamic > In my mind it's a little late for revising the documentation structure. > I'd also think that DTrace is not a tuning tool but a monitoring tool > which might place it closer to the description of the statistics > collector. I think the original plan even placed it into the Internals > part. I was about to say the same. In my mind DTrace is primarily a hacker's tool --- I do not foresee the average DBA using it. So it does not belong in the Performance Tips chapter. A new chapter under Internals is probably as good as anything. regards, tom lane