Re: DTrace docs, Open Items and Performance

[Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>]

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
>> I'm planning to
>> - add a new section to Performance Tips chapter called Dynamic

> In my mind it's a little late for revising the documentation structure.  
> I'd also think that DTrace is not a tuning tool but a monitoring tool 
> which might place it closer to the description of the statistics 
> collector.  I think the original plan even placed it into the Internals 
> part.

I was about to say the same.  In my mind DTrace is primarily a hacker's
tool --- I do not foresee the average DBA using it.  So it does not
belong in the Performance Tips chapter.  A new chapter under Internals
is probably as good as anything.

			regards, tom lane