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 D9F129FB1CC for ; Wed, 3 May 2006 19:01:58 -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 89524-10 for ; Wed, 3 May 2006 19:00:36 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net (vms042pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.42]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F7A39F9C9E for ; Wed, 3 May 2006 19:00:35 -0300 (ADT) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([70.108.132.172]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-4.02 (built Sep 9 2005)) with ESMTPA id <0IYP00ACAMGX6YF4@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Wed, 03 May 2006 17:00:34 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2578C6E6C0 for ; Wed, 03 May 2006 18:00:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (osgiliath.home.mathom.us [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 18396-04-3 for ; Wed, 03 May 2006 18:00:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6A91B6ECC0; Wed, 03 May 2006 18:00:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 18:00:30 -0400 From: Michael Stone Subject: Re: Slow restoration question In-reply-to: <1146691831.22037.50.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Mail-followup-to: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-id: <20060503220028.GC16533@mathom.us> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-disposition: inline X-Pgp-Fingerprint: 53 FF 38 00 E7 DD 0A 9C 84 52 84 C5 EE DF 7C 88 X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mathom.us References: <20060503121847.GN31328@mathom.us> <30D5959B-3CCD-4CB4-B2D7-30DEA9F08BB6@torgo.978.org> <20060503155938.GO31328@mathom.us> <1146672434.22037.38.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> <20060503170604.GP31328@mathom.us> <20060503180821.GZ97354@pervasive.com> <20060503192652.GA16533@mathom.us> <1146685215.22037.46.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> <20060503205306.GB16533@mathom.us> <1146691831.22037.50.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11+cvs20060403 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200605/96 X-Sequence-Number: 18883 On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 04:30:32PM -0500, Scott Marlowe wrote: >If you've not tried bonnie++ on a limited memory machine, you really >should. Yes, I have. I also patched bonnie to handle large files and other such nifty things before bonnie++ was forked. Mostly I just didn't get much value out of all that, because at the end of theago day optimizing for bonnie just doesn't equate to optimizing for real-world workloads. Again, if it's useful for your workload, great. Mike Stone