Received: from localhost (maia-4.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D6519F9FE1 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:04:26 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 38972-10 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:04:11 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from cassarossa.samfundet.no (cassarossa.samfundet.no [129.241.93.19]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B2AC9FA252 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:04:10 -0400 (AST) Received: from trofast.sesse.net ([129.241.93.32]) by cassarossa.samfundet.no with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Gvc1A-0004tD-Rp for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:04:09 +0100 Received: from sesse by trofast.sesse.net with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Gvc1F-0005rR-00 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:04:13 +0100 Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 17:04:13 +0100 From: "Steinar H. Gunderson" To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: New to PostgreSQL, performance considerations Message-ID: <20061216160413.GB22203@uio.no> Mail-Followup-To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org References: <09D6591B-4AA9-4994-BED6-0C7C583BF933@purefiction.net> <20061216000655.GI29167@mathom.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.19 on a x86_64 X-Message-Flag: Outlook? --> http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200612/438 X-Sequence-Number: 22494 On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 10:53:21AM -0500, Ron wrote: > AFAICT, no one has stated there would be a "blow-your-socks-off > dramatic performance improvement" for pg due to compilation > options. Just that there might be some, and there might be some that > are arch specific. FWIW, the original claim was: "It's really important to have your GLIBC compiled for your processor. It is essencial for performance." /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/