Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 780422E0053 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:22:48 -0300 (ADT) Received: from developer.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 38717-02 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:22:44 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFC9C2E0037 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:22:45 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m54IMcbd027575; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:22:38 -0400 (EDT) To: "David E. Wheeler" cc: Greg Smith , Josh Berkus , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Overhauling GUCS In-reply-to: <72DA5875-8E89-4A6F-8D0B-7F9A869D79B9@kineticode.com> References: <48409D1E.3070208@agliodbs.com> <484418D9.5040608@sun.com> <200806021106.05833.josh@agliodbs.com> <0B854D92-C5C2-4138-A0FE-F81892A33869@sun.com> <72DA5875-8E89-4A6F-8D0B-7F9A869D79B9@kineticode.com> Comments: In-reply-to "David E. Wheeler" message dated "Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:00:13 -0700" Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:22:38 -0400 Message-ID: <27574.1212603758@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200806/163 X-Sequence-Number: 119276 "David E. Wheeler" writes: > Exactly. The issue is that application developers, who are not DBAs, > have no idea how to tune PostgreSQL, and postgresql.conf is daunting > and confusing. So they use a different database that's "faster". I take it you haven't looked at mysql's configuration file lately. They aren't actually in any better shape than we are, except that they supply several "preconfigured" sample files for people to choose from. regards, tom lane