Re: Changing the default configuration (was Re: [pgsql-advocacy]

> What if we supplied several sample .conf files, and let the user choose
> which to copy into the database directory?   We could have a "high read

Exactly my first thought when reading the proposal for a setting suited for 
performance tests. 

> performance" profile, and a "transaction database" profile, and a
> "workstation" profile, and a "low impact" profile.   We could even supply a

And a .benchmark profile :-)

> Perl script that would adjust SHMMAX and SHMMALL on platforms where this
> can be done from the command line.

Or maybe configuration could be adjusted with ./configure if SHMMAX can be 
determined at that point?

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