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From: Geoffrey <esoteric@3times25.net>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: solutions for new Postgresql application testing
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 09:14:50 -0500
Message-ID: <4367785A.9090709@3times25.net> (raw)

We are going live with a application in a few months that is a complete 
rewrite of an existing application.  We are moving from an existing 
proprietary database to Postgresql.  We are looking for some 
insight/suggestions as to how folks test Postgresql in such a situation.

We really want to run it throught the wringer before going live.  I'm 
throwing together a test suite that consists of mostly perl scripts. 
I'm wondering what other, if any approaches folks have taken in a 
similar situation.  I know there's nothing like a real live test with 
real users, and that will happen, but we want to do some semi-automated 
load testing prior.

Anyone ever use any profiling apps (gprof) with any success?

We've got a failover cluster design and would like any insights here as 
well.

We're also trying to decide whether a single database with multiple 
schemas or multiple databases are the best solution.  We've done some 
research on this through the archives, and the answer seems to depend on 
the database/application design.  Still, we welcome any generic ideas on 
this issue as well.

I've not provided any specifics on hardware or application as we really 
want high level stuff at this time.

Thanks for any pointers or suggestions.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey



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