Re: Simple postgresql.conf wizard

From: "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: "Mark Wong" <markwkm(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Gregory Stark" <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, "Greg Smith" <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Simple postgresql.conf wizard
Date: 2008-11-20 01:04:32
Message-ID: 603c8f070811191704w728cace9u88167adab4826a40@mail.gmail.com
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> Yes, please test something. I am tired if us saying we need to increase
> default_statistics_target, but because we don't know the magic number,
> we do nothing release after release.

I think the idea that there IS a magic number is the problem.

No amount of testing is ever going to refute the argument that, under
some other workload, a different value might better.

But that doesn't amount to a reason to leave it the way it is.

...Robert

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