Performance and Generic Config after install

[Oisin Glynn <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As an aside to the "[GENERAL] Advantages of PostgreSQL" thread going on 
today, I have wondered why the initial on install config of PostgreSQL 
is (according to most posts) very conservative.  I can see how this 
would be a plus when people may be getting PostgreSQL as part of an OS 
in the Linux world who may never/rarely use it.

I know that in reality tuning and sizing all of the parameters is a very 
database specific thing, but it would seem that if some default  choices 
would be available it would give those testing/evaluation and trying to 
get started a shot at quicker progress. Obviously they would still need 
to tune to your own application.

Some dreadfully named, possibly pointless options?

Unoptimized / low performance -  Low load on Server   (The current out 
of the box)
Production Non Dedicated   - PostgreSQL is one of the apps sharing 
server but is important.
Production Dedicated Server   - The only purpose of this box is to run 
PostgreSQL

Perhaps this has already been suggested and or shot down?

Oisin

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