Disclaimer : I'm very much a newbie here! But I am on the path in my new job to figure this stuff out as well, and went to PG Con here in Ottawa 2 weeks ago and attended quite a few lectures on this topic. Have a look at : http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PgCon_2009 And in particular "Database Hardware Benchmarking" by Greg Smith and "Visualizing Postgres" by Michael Glaesmann "Performance Whack-a-Mole" by Josh Berkus -- “Mother Nature doesn’t do bailouts.” - Glenn Prickett -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
