X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92A2FD1B4EE for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:22:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [64.117.224.130]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 01967-03 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 17:22:09 -0300 (ADT) Received: from lorax.kcilink.com (lorax.kciLink.com [206.112.95.1]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB35FD1B4EF for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 17:22:07 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lorax.kcilink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB16D3E60 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:22:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lorax.kcilink.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lorax.kcilink.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 88557-02 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:22:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lorax.kciLink.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lorax.kcilink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D4A33E45 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:22:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from news@localhost) by lorax.kciLink.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h9AKM8eu085430 for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:22:08 -0400 (EDT) To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Path: not-for-mail From: Vivek Khera Newsgroups: ml.postgres.performance Subject: Re: go for a script! / ex: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:22:08 -0400 Organization: Khera Communications, Inc., Rockville, MD Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <200310090956.11356.josh@agliodbs.com> <20031009171715.GR2979@rlx11.zapatec.com> <20031009181112.GA71907@perrin.nxad.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: yertle.kcilink.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: lorax.kcilink.com 1065817328 37790 216.194.193.105 (10 Oct 2003 20:22:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: daemon@kciLink.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:22:08 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Portable Code, berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:3PEamKR/iQfmWBjd9xkuFjOVCNY= X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at kciLink.com X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200310/362 X-Sequence-Number: 4110 >>>>> "SC" == Sean Chittenden writes: SC> patches to extract info from their OS so that initdb can make useful SC> decisions. Or, lastly, does anyone think that this should be in a SC> different, external program? -sc Well, there should definitely be a way to run a "get current best tuning advice" for those times when I go and do something like add a Gig of RAM. ;-) Also, I'm sure the tuning advice will change over time, so having to do initdb to get that advice would be a bit onerous. As long as initdb has an option for just getting the tuning info, I see no reason to make it separate. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/