Re: [PATCH] add --throttle to pgbench (submission 3)
Jan Wieck <janwieck@yahoo.com>
From: Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com>
To: Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>
Cc: PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2013-06-19T13:51:31Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 05/01/13 04:57, Fabien COELHO wrote: > > Add --throttle to pgbench > > Each client is throttled to the specified rate, which can be expressed in > tps or in time (s, ms, us). Throttling is achieved by scheduling > transactions along a Poisson-distribution. > > This is an update of the previous proposal which fix a typo in the sgml > documentation. > > The use case of the option is to be able to generate a continuous gentle > load for functional tests, eg in a practice session with students or for > testing features on a laptop. Why does this need two option formats (-H and --throttle)? Jan -- Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security. -- Benjamin Franklin