On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 13:32, A B <gentosaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I was just thinking about the case where I will have almost 100% > selects, but still needs something better than a plain key-value > storage so I can do some sql queries. > The server will just boot, load data, run, Âhopefully not crash but if > it would, just start over with load and run. If you want fast read queries then changing fsync/full_page_writes/synchronous_commit won't help you. Just follow the regular tuning guide. shared_buffers, effective_cache_size, work_mem, default_statistics_target can make a difference. http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Tuning_Your_PostgreSQL_Server Regards, Marti -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance