Francisco and Richard, Why ask about disk or raid? How would that impact any settings in postgresql.conf? I did forget the obvious question: What OS are you using? Thanks, Lance Campbell Project Manager/Software Architect Web Services at Public Affairs University of Illinois 217.333.0382 http://webservices.uiuc.edu -----Original Message----- From: Francisco Reyes [mailto:lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:58 AM To: Campbell, Lance Cc: pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [PERFORM] PostgreSQL Configuration Tool for Dummies Campbell, Lance writes: > 3) I suggested JavaScript because most people that get started with > PostgreSQL will go to the web in order to find out about issues relating Why not c? It could then go into contrib. Anyways.. language is likely the least important issue.. As someone mentioned.. once the formulas are worked out it can be done in a few languages.. as people desire.. > How much memory will be available to PostgreSQL? > How many connections will be made to PostgreSQL? Will this be a dedicated Postgresql server? Will there be mostly reads or will there also be significant amount of writes? Are you on a RAID system or do you have several disks over which you would like to run postgresql on?
