Potential Problem with PostgeSQL performance on SuSE Linux 9.0

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Potential Problem with PostgeSQL performance on SuSE Linux 9.0
Date: 2004-01-16 20:37:49
Message-ID: 200401161237.49662.josh@agliodbs.com
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Folks,

While debugging a wireless card, I came across this interesting bit:
http://portal.suse.com/sdb/en/2003/10/pohletz_desktop_90.html

What it indicates is that by default SuSE 9.0 plays with the timeslice values
for the Linux kernel in order to provide a "smoother" user experience. In
my experience, this can be very bad news for databases under heavy multi-user
load.

I would suggest that anyone installing a SuSE 9.0 PostgreSQL server remove the
Desktop pararmeter in the bootloader configuration.

--
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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