Re: Machine available for community use

On 7/25/07, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 08:50 -0700, Mark Wong wrote:
> > On 7/25/07, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> > > "Gavin M. Roy" <gavinmroy@gmail.com> writes:
> > > > I'm currently in the process of having Gentoo linux reinstalled on the
> > > > box since that is what I am most comfortable administering from a
> > > > security perspective.  If this will be a blocker for developers who
> > > > would actually work on it, please let me know.
>
> Gavin, I'd like access please. This sounds very cool. We'll be able to
> show each other directly what's going on, even log on together to
> inspect various aspects of runs.
>
> Will you run a booking system?
>
> Could you give us some details about myYearbook.com's application? I
> feel we should prioritise work slightly so that the contributor can see
> some benefit coming their way in the longer term.
>
> > > Personally I'd prefer almost any of the other Linux distros.
> > > Gentoo always leaves me wondering exactly what I'm running today,
> > > and I think reproducibility is an important attribute for a benchmarking
> > > machine.
> >
> > Tom, have any specific ideas in mind for using the system?  While I'm
> > used to having more disks it could be useful nonetheless for the tests
> > I used to run if there are no other ideas.
>
> Mark, If you're thinking TPC-E, so am I. Where are we with the TPC-E
> toolkit you guys were working on?
>
> Initially though, I'd like to do some tests on CVS HEAD with large
> shared_buffers settings, so the 32GB RAM will come in handy for that and
> no worries about disks.

Yeah, the the C stored functions are half done but there is a finished
implementation for the pl/pgsql stored functions.  It's in decent
shape otherwise, although it's mostly based on the 0.32 version.

> > Rats, I've always liked Gentoo. ;)
>
> I'd agree with Tom on that: we need a system that remains the same over
> longer periods, not simply a very fast one. I'm OK with Fedora.

True, I'll settle for whatever everyone agrees with.

Regards,
Mark