When Parameter Tuning is not the Answer


 

So much about parameters tuning, but does it always help?

Welcome to the third and final blog of the “magic of parameters” series. In two previous blogs, we discussed how tuning PostgreSQL parameters could help improve overall system performance. However, the very first paragraph of the very first blog on this topic stated that: 

Although some parameter tuning can indeed improve the database performance, we are usually talking about 10%, 20%, and in rare cases, up to 50% performance improvement if some parameters are set poorly. That might sound like impressive numbers, but individual query optimization routinely makes queries run several times faster,