pg.ddx.io  pgsql-performance@postgresql.org mailing list archive  

help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Michael Stone <mstone+postgres@mathom.us>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Slow restoration question
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 13:06:06 -0400
Message-ID: <20060503170604.GP31328@mathom.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1146672434.22037.38.camel@state.g2switchworks.com>
References: <20060502171617.GZ97354@pervasive.com>
	<622925BE-A31E-42FD-AF6A-68DDF3B4A1B7@clickspace.com>
	<1146595755.12053.111.camel@archimedes>
	<758B0591-3C9C-418B-9AF2-E962003C4904@rackspace.com>
	<20060502215329.GI97354@pervasive.com>
	<4A7F9950-65E0-4FA5-9FEC-BA1A93E615E5@clickspace.com>
	<20060503121847.GN31328@mathom.us>
	<30D5959B-3CCD-4CB4-B2D7-30DEA9F08BB6@torgo.978.org>
	<20060503155938.GO31328@mathom.us>
	<1146672434.22037.38.camel@state.g2switchworks.com>

On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 11:07:15AM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote:
>I have often used the mem=xxx arguments to lilo when needing to limit
>the amount of memory for testing purposes.  Just google for limit memory
>and your bootloader to find the options.

Or, just don't worry about it. Even if you get bonnie to reflect real 
numbers, so what? In general the goal is to optimize application 
performance, not bonnie performance. A simple set of dd's is enough to 
give you a rough idea of disk performance, beyond that you really need 
to see how your disk is performing with your actual workload.

Mike Stone



view thread (23+ messages)  latest in thread

Message-ID: <20060503170604.GP31328@mathom.us>
Permalink:  ../20060503170604.GP31328@mathom.us/
Also on:    postgresql.org/message-id/20060503170604.GP31328@mathom.us

 · 

reply
Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
  reply via email

  To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
  Cc: mstone+postgres@mathom.us
  Subject: Re: Slow restoration question
  In-Reply-To: <20060503170604.GP31328@mathom.us>

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

This inbox is served by DDX for PostgreSQL; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox