X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CECA9FA4B3 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 08:55:03 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 26707-01 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 08:54:51 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from cassarossa.samfundet.no (cassarossa.samfundet.no [129.241.93.19]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F3569FA3A6 for ; Mon, 1 May 2006 08:54:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: from trofast.sesse.net ([129.241.93.32]) by cassarossa.samfundet.no with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1FaWzH-0006pX-EF; Mon, 01 May 2006 13:54:47 +0200 Received: from sesse by trofast.sesse.net with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1FaWzJ-0002uu-00; Mon, 01 May 2006 13:54:49 +0200 Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 13:54:49 +0200 From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" To: Scott Sipe Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Super-smack? Message-ID: <20060501115449.GC11061@uio.no> Mail-Followup-To: Scott Sipe , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org References: <92F10BE1-B193-4EEA-877A-9260B55C2844@mindspring.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <92F10BE1-B193-4EEA-877A-9260B55C2844@mindspring.com> X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.16.11 on a x86_64 X-Message-Flag: Outlook? --> http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/3 X-Sequence-Number: 18790 On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 03:05:54AM -0500, Scott Sipe wrote: > So, my question is, before I do any further digging, is super-smack > flawed? It's sort of hard to say without looking at the source -- it certainly isn't a benchmark I've heard of before, and it's also sort of hard to believe a benchmark whose focus seems to be so thoroughly on one database (MySQL). The site claims (about PostgreSQL) support that "it looks like it works"; certainly not a good start for fair benchmarking :-) /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/