> As a result of my recent encounter with table bloat and other tuning
> issues I've been running into, I'm looking for a good resource for
> improving my tuning skills.
>
> My sysadmin ran into the following book:
>
> PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance, by Gregory Smith, ISBN 184951030X
> http://amzn.com/184951030X
>
> Which covers versions 8.1 through 9.
>
> Any opinions on this book? Other suggestions?
100% positive - go and buy it. It's very thorough, it covers a lot of
associated topics (hw, filesystem, ...) and it's fresh. There were several
reviews at planet.postgresql.org and all of them weve very positive.
regards
Tomas