Jacob Kaplan-Moss

Annotated postgresql conf, 9.0 Edition

Woohoo - Josh updated the annotated conf to version 9.0. An indispensable resource for PostgreSQL tuning.

(config, postgresql, postgresql9, tuning)

High-end Varnish-tuning « Kristian's web log

Some tips on tuning Varnish - up to 27k req/s on a single 2.2GHz Opteron!

(performance, revsys, tuning, varnish)

44_annotated_gucs_draft1.pdf (application/pdf Object)

PostgreSQL 8.3 config values, documented and annotated.

(config, database, postgresql, server, tuning)

Tuning Your PostgreSQL Server - PostgreSQL Wiki

Finally a good guide to tuning Postgres straight from the source.

(database, performance, postgresql, server, tuning)

Efficient SQL

Greg Mullane's complete talk on optimizing postgresql. Looks like a few things have changed since 2003 (7.3 —> 8.2), but this still seems *very* relevant.

(database, for:jdunck, for:mcroydon, optimization, performance, postgresql, sql, tuning)

PowerPoint Presentation - Hacking Apache HTTP Server at Yahoo!

“Since 1996, Yahoo has been running Apache HTTP Server on thousands of servers and serving billions of requests a day. This session reveals the secrets of how Yahoo gets maximum performance out of minimal hardware…”

(apache, tuning, yahoo)

Power PostgreSQL - PerfList

(postgresql, tuning)