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From: "Jim C. Nasby" <jim@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bob Dusek" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] performance implications of binary placement
Are you 100% certain that both builds are using all the same libraries?
And to be an apples-apples comparison, you really need to ensure that
the datadir is on the same filesystem in both cases (that's the first
thing I'd check).
Also, that pg_index... error sounds like the second build has been
corrupted.
On Tue, Dec 26, 2006 at 03:37:47PM -0500, Bob Dusek wrote:
Hello all,
I've been running performance tests on various incantations of Postgres
on/off for a month or so. And, I've just come across some unexpected
results.
When I start my Postgres build as such:
# (Scenario 1)
./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --bindir=/usr/bin
--includedir=/usr/include/pgsql --datadir=/usr/share/postgresql
--mandir=/usr/share/man --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/packages
--disable-rpath --enable-thread-safety --enable-integer-datetimes
--without-python --without-perl --without-tcl --without-tk
It performs significantly worse than when I start my build like this:
# (Scenario 2)
./configure --disable-rpath --enable-thread-safety
--enable-integer-datetimes --without-python --without-perl --without-tcl
--without-tk
Note: the only differences are that "Scenario 1" includes these
options:
--prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --bindir=/usr/bin
--includedir=/usr/include/pgsql --datadir=/usr/share/postgresql
--mandir=/usr/share/man --with-docdir=/usr/share/doc/packages
And, to be clear, "Scenario 1" performs worse than "Scenario 2". Simple
insert statements are taking significantly longer.
I did not expect to see a performance hit with these options, especially
since "/usr/" on the test machine is mounted as its own partition, and
in both cases, all of the binaries, include files, etc. are in that
partition.
Has anyone seen this before? Are hard drive mechanics the only thing in
play here?
The only difference I'm seeing in logging between the two versions is
that Scenario 2 has several of this message littered throughout the
logfile:
ERROR: could not open relation "pg_index_indexrelid_index": No such file
or directory
But, that doesn't seem to be effecting functionality or performance
(especially considering the fact that the logfile that contains that
message is part of the test that is performing better).
We're using Postgres 7.4.8, building from the SLES9 Postgres 7.4.8
source rpm.
Thanks for any help you can provide. I can provide more detail if
needed.
Thanks again,
Bob
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