Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL vs. MySQL

Do we need to add a mention of the need for tuning to the install docs?

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Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 08:07:18PM +0200, Arjen van der Meijden wrote:
> > > Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> > > results under production conditions, and not bother to read
> > > even the basic "quickstart"-type stuff that is kicking
> > > around.
> > Then please point out where it sais, in the documentation, that the
> > value for the shared_memory of 64 is too low and that 4000 is a nice
> > value to start with?
>
> I think I did indeed speak too soon, as the criticism is a fair one:
> nowhere in the installation instructions or the "getting started"
> docs does it say that you really ought to do some tuning once you
> have the system installed.  Can I suggest for the time being that
> something along these lines should go in 14.6.3, "Tuning the
> installation":
>
> ---snip---
> By default, PostgreSQL is configured to run on minimal hardware.  As
> a result, some tuning of your installation will be necessary before
> using it for anything other than extremely small databases.  At the
> very least, it will probably be necessary to increase your shared
> buffers setting.  See Chapter 16 for details on what tuning options
> are available to you.
> ---snip---
>
> > I'm sorry to put this in a such a confronting manner, but you simply
> > can't expect people to search for information that they don't know the
> > existence of.
>
> No need to apologise; I think you're right.
>
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