Point taken. Thank you for the help. -Will -----Original Message----- From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 20 March 2009 12:06 To: Will Rutherdale (rutherw) Cc: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Is there a meaningful benchmark? "Will Rutherdale (rutherw)" <rutherw@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > However, keeping the KISS principle in mind, you can create a benchmark > that simply sets up a sample database and forks off a bunch of processes > to do random updates for an hour, say. Dead simple. Indeed, and more than likely dead useless. The only benchmark that really counts is one's live application, which is probably not update-only and probably has a fairly non-random update pattern too. What people have been trying to point out to you is that you can certainly measure *something* with a benchmark test that has no thought behind it, but it's not clear whether the numbers you come up with will have any real-world value. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
