Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E0431337B88 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2010 13:26:06 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 33363-04 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2010 16:25:58 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from lpo-relay-05.vmsinfo.com (lpo-relay-05.vmsinfo.com [216.169.137.116]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AD1F1337B7D for ; Fri, 5 Nov 2010 13:25:58 -0300 (ADT) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.58,303,1286164800"; d="scan'208";a="29962662" Received: from unknown (HELO lpo-mailbox-01.vmsinfo.com) ([216.169.137.252]) by lpo-relay-05.vmsinfo.com with ESMTP; 05 Nov 2010 12:25:56 -0400 Received: from [10.101.43.35] (unknown [216.169.135.235]) by lpo-mailbox-01.vmsinfo.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 797B97D00F; Fri, 5 Nov 2010 12:25:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4CD43013.7000906@vmsinfo.com> Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:25:55 -0400 From: Mladen Gogala Organization: VMS User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20101027) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?RGV2cmltIEfDnE5Ew5xa?= CC: A B , "pgsql-performance@postgresql.org" Subject: Re: Running PostgreSQL as fast as possible no matter the consequences References: <1288970615.17419.1.camel@hp-laptop02.gunduz.org> In-Reply-To: <1288970615.17419.1.camel@hp-laptop02.gunduz.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-10 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201011/60 X-Sequence-Number: 41084 Devrim GÜNDÜZ wrote: > On Fri, 2010-11-05 at 11:59 +0100, A B wrote: > >> If you just wanted PostgreSQL to go as fast as possible WITHOUT any >> care for your data (you accept 100% dataloss and datacorruption if any >> error should occur), what settings should you use then? >> > > You can initdb to ramdisk, if you have enough RAM. It will fast, really. > > That is approximately the same thing as the answer to the question whether Ford Taurus can reach 200mph. It can, just once, if you run it down the cliff. -- Mladen Gogala Sr. Oracle DBA 1500 Broadway New York, NY 10036 (212) 329-5251 http://www.vmsinfo.com The Leader in Integrated Media Intelligence Solutions