PGCon2008 - Final - we hope

PGCon 2008
The PostgreSQL Conference

Speakers
Fernando Ike
Schedule
Day Talks - second day (2008-05-23)
Room G
Start time 15:00
Duration 01:00
Info
ID 90
Event type lecture
Track DBA
Language en
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Researching PostgreSQL Performance

Results from different OS and FS

In this talk, we will present a detailed analysis of the scenarios tested (different loads and number of users). Furthermore, measurements reflecting improvements in the newer PostgreSQL version will be summarized.

How do we tune PostgreSQL? There is no cake recipe. The default configuration is far from being good to a high-end hardware. The problem is that it's hard to find a good configuration for different database designs. Thinking about it, we did a research aimed to test dozens of available operating system and DBMS parameters, and different filesystems. It was used 64-bit multiprocessor Linux plataforms and a fiber channel SAN.

In this talk, we will present a detailed analysis of the scenarios tested (different loads and number of users). Furthermore, measurements reflecting improvements in the newer PostgreSQL version will be summarized.