Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F29D89FB634 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:32:03 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 47868-06 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:31:58 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from westnet.com (westnet.com [216.187.52.2]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF4059FB5B6 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:31:59 -0300 (ADT) Received: from westnet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l5M6W0TT023962 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:32:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (gsmith@localhost) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.13.2/Submit) with ESMTP id l5M6W0lL023959 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:32:00 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: westnet.com: gsmith owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:32:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Greg Smith X-X-Sender: gsmith@westnet.com To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Configuration Tool for Dummies In-Reply-To: <467A9561.9060706@g2switchworks.com> Message-ID: References: <200706191254.09777.josh@agliodbs.com> <467A9561.9060706@g2switchworks.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200706/509 X-Sequence-Number: 25542 On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Scott Marlowe wrote: > Generally I agree, however, how about a first switch, for beginner / > intermediate / advanced. You're describing a perfectly reasonable approach for a second generation tool in this area. I think it would be very helpful for the user community to get a first generation one that works fairly well before getting distracted at all by things like this. The people capable of filling out the intermediate/advanced settings can probably just do a bit of reading and figure out most of what they should be doing themselves. -- * Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD