Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B8E9FA22C for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:33:59 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 69914-10 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:33:48 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from vms040pub.verizon.net (vms040pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.40]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA7919F9F08 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:33:49 -0400 (AST) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([71.246.251.8]) by vms040.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JAD00BMCNG8XBK2@vms040.mailsrvcs.net> for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:33:44 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39A516EBF5 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:33:43 -0500 (EST) 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 6nfdsdh+cVLs for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:33:42 -0500 (EST) Received: by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CF3B370B3E; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:33:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:33:41 -0500 From: Michael Stone Subject: Re: New to PostgreSQL, performance considerations In-reply-to: To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Mail-followup-to: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-id: <20061216173339.GJ29167@mathom.us> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mathom.us X-Pgp-Fingerprint: 53 FF 38 00 E7 DD 0A 9C 84 52 84 C5 EE DF 7C 88 References: <09D6591B-4AA9-4994-BED6-0C7C583BF933@purefiction.net> <20061216000655.GI29167@mathom.us> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200612/441 X-Sequence-Number: 22497 On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 10:53:21AM -0500, Ron wrote: >The most important "gain" IMO is Knowledge, and I'd say there is >still more to learn and/or verify IMHO. YMMV. Well, I think there are other areas where I can spend my time where potential gains are more likely. YMMV (although, I note, you don't seem to be spending much of your own time testing this) Mike Stone