12. Other References on Performance Tuning

There is a growing set of literature on performance tuning specific to PostgreSQL

• Tuning PostgreSQL for performance

• Annotated postgresql.conf file

• PostgreSQL Performance Tuning

• PostgreSQL - Examining Index Usage

• PostgreSQL Hardware Performance Tuning

• The PostgreSQL TOAST (The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique) project

  Large fields are stored in TOAST files, where attempt is made to compress them. As a result, no special effort need be made to compress " very large fields".