Re: New PostgreSQL Tool available : pg_autotune

Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org> writes:
> Have been putting together a tool called "pg_autotune" for automatically
> tuning a PostgreSQL database (either local or remote).  It does this by
> repetitively benchmarking PostgreSQL (using Tatsuo's pgbench code) with
> different buffer settings, then fine tuning those settings depending on
> the results returned.

You should have chosen a better foundation.  pg_bench is notorious for
producing results that are (a) nonrepeatable and (b) not relevant to
a wide variety of situations.  All it really tells you about is the
efficiency of a large number of updates to a small number of rows.

I'd take the results with a large grain of salt.

            regards, tom lane