Received: from localhost (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5974B9FB3DA for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:32:49 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 93368-02 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:32:43 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from westnet.com (westnet.com [216.187.52.2]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14E6A9FB38E for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 16:32:46 -0300 (ADT) Received: from westnet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l5NJWjji002427 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:32:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (gsmith@localhost) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.13.2/Submit) with ESMTP id l5NJWjPw002424 for ; Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:32:45 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: westnet.com: gsmith owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:32:45 -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: <1182513946.4493.9.camel@aleph.whitemice.org> Message-ID: References: <200706191254.09777.josh@agliodbs.com> <467A9561.9060706@g2switchworks.com> <1182513946.4493.9.camel@aleph.whitemice.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200706/555 X-Sequence-Number: 25588 On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > Just as an aside; how come the installation/setup "Tutorial" section - > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/tutorial-start.html - > doesn't mention setting some rough reasonable defaults in > postgresql.conf or even a reference to the parameter documentation > section. I think that anyone who has been working with the software long to know what should go into such a section has kind of forgotten about this part of the documentation by the time they get there. It is an oversight and yours is an excellent suggestion. -- * Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD