Re: postgresql.conf (Proposed settings)

> > I am just really concerned that the newbe PostgreSQL user will assume
> > the performance they see with the default settings are what they will
> > judge PostgreSQL.
> 
> For this kind of "newbie", the kind that doesn't read the documentation,
> this would only make it worse, because they'd assume that by making the
> choice between three default configurations they've done an adequate
> amount of tuning.  Basically, you'd exchange, "I can't find any tuning
> information, but it's slow" for "I did all the tuning and it's still
> slow".  Not a good choice.
> 
> The bottom line is that you *must* edit postgresql.conf in order to tune
> your server.  If this editing is simplified it doesn't matter what the
> default is.

Is it possible to probe the machine with and update postgresql.conf
automatically?

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