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 D62FAD1B528 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:27:47 +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 02832-02 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 17:26:59 -0300 (ADT) Received: from lorax.kcilink.com (lorax.kciLink.com [206.112.95.1]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2946D1B56C for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 17:26:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lorax.kcilink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A5383EB6 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:27:00 -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 87429-03 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:26:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lorax.kciLink.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lorax.kcilink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 673013E45 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:26:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from news@localhost) by lorax.kciLink.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h9AKQxsc096043 for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:26:59 -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 16:26:58 -0400 Organization: Khera Communications, Inc., Rockville, MD Lines: 15 Message-ID: References: <007901c38f2b$0b585590$2802a8c0@webbased10> <200310101034.52073.josh@agliodbs.com> <3F86F5BB.90605@chuckie.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: yertle.kcilink.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: lorax.kcilink.com 1065817619 37790 216.194.193.105 (10 Oct 2003 20:26:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: daemon@kciLink.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 20:26:59 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Portable Code, berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8pOrDBmF63Cr3NK0AE6Yb3gXiIw= X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at kciLink.com X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200310/363 X-Sequence-Number: 4111 >>>>> "NB" == Nick Barr writes: NB> So far: NB> shared_buffers = 1/16th of total memory NB> effective_cache_size = 80% of the supposed kernel cache. Please take into account the blocksize compiled into PG, too... -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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/