Hi Josh! Thanks for your reply. Actually I forgot to mention PGBench, sorry. But I also forgot to mention I'm looking for an "impartial"... I mean "outer" tool to test PG. Any suggestion, please? Regards. ---------------------------------------- > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:16:02 -0700 > From: eggyknap@xxxxxxxxx > To: mac_man2005@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Benchmarking PG > CC: pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > On Dec 11, 2007 4:06 AM, Manolo _ wrote: >> >> Hi to all. >> >> I'd like to benchmark PG. I'd like to compare sorting performances (time spent, #of disk accesses, # of run produced etc) of the present Replacement Selection (external sorting) algorithm and of a refinement I'm going to implement. >> >> I'm new on PG, I just had the idea of how to possibly get better that algorithm and choosed to test it on PG since it's an open-source DBMS. >> >> I've been searching the web for a benchmark. I suppose TPC-H and Wisconsin could fit, but had problems when trying to use them. >> Any suggestion on a "good benchmark"? >> Any tutorial on how to use them? >> >> Thanks for your time. >> >> Regards. >> Manolo. >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! >> http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ >> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- >> TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend >> > > Well, there's pgbench. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/pgbench.html > > - Josh / eggyknap _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate