Re: Book recommendation?

Herouth Maoz wrote:
> My sysadmin ran into the following book:
>
> PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance, by Gregory Smith, ISBN 184951030X
> http://amzn.com/184951030X
>

That guy's a troublemaker, but I guess he writes OK.

There are three customer reviews at
http://www.amazon.com/PostgreSQL-High-Performance-Gregory-Smith/product-reviews/184951030X/

and two longer ones at:

http://people.planetpostgresql.org/andrew/index.php?/archives/130-Buy-this-book,-now..html
http://www.postgresonline.com/journal/archives/192-postgresql9highperformance.html

And here's some free samples:

https://www.packtpub.com/article/postgresql-9-reliable-controller-disk-setup
https://www.packtpub.com/article/postgresql-9-balancing-hardware-spending
https://www.packtpub.com/article/server-configuration-tuning-postgresql
https://www.packtpub.com/article/unix-monitoring-tool-for-postgresql
https://www.packtpub.com/article/postgresql-tips-tricks
https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/0301OS-Chapter-2-Database-Hardware.pdf

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