Re: copy and postgresql.conf

Actually fsync is not the default on solaris (verify using "show all;)

(If you look closely in postgresql.conf it is commented out and
mentioned as default but show all tells a different story)

In all my cases I saw the default as
wal_sync_method | open_datasync

Also I had seen quite an improvement by changing the default
checkpoint_segments from 3 to 64 or 128 and also increasing wal_buffers
to 64 depending on how heavy is your load.

Also open_datasync type of operations benefit with forcedirectio on
Solaris and hence either move wal to forcedirectio mounted file system
or try changing default sync to fsync (the *said* default)

Now if you use fsync then you need a bigger file system cache since by
default Solaris's segmap mechanism only maps 12% of your physical ram to
be used for file system buffer cache. Increasing segmap_percent to 50 on
SPARC allows to use 50% of your RAM to be mapped to be used for 50% (
NOTE: It does not reserve but just allow mapping of the memory which can
be used for file system buffer cache)

Changing maxphys allows the file system buffer cache to coalesce writes
from the 8Ks that PostgreSQL is doing to bigger writes/reads. Also since
you are now exploiting file system buffer cache, file system Logging is
very much recommended (available from a later update of Solaris 8 I
believe).

Regards,
Jignesh

FERREIRA, William (VALTECH) wrote:

>with PostgreSQL 8.1.3, here are my parameters (it's the default configuration)
>
>wal_sync_method = fsync
>wal_buffers = 8
>checkpoint_segments = 3
>bgwriter_lru_percent = 1.0
>bgwriter_lru_maxpages = 5
>bgwriter_all_percent = 0.333
>bgwriter_all_maxpages = 5
>
>and you think times can be improved again ?
>
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>Envoyé : mercredi 15 février 2006 15:14
>À : FERREIRA, William (VALTECH)
>Cc : Albert Cervera Areny; pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
>Objet : Re: [PERFORM] copy and postgresql.conf
>
>
>
>What's your postgresql.conf parameter for the equivalent ones that I
>suggested?
>I believe your wal_buffers and checkpoint_segments could be bigger. If
>that's the case then yep you are fine.
>
>As for the background writer I am seeing mixed results yet so not sure
>about that.
>
>But thanks for the feedback.
>
>-Jignesh
>
>
>FERREIRA, William (VALTECH) wrote:
>
>
>
>>i tested the last version version of PostgreSQL
>>and for the same test :
>>before : 40mn
>>and now : 12mn :)
>>faster than Oracle (exactly what i wanted :p )
>>
>>thanks to everybody
>>
>> Will
>>
>>
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>>[mailto:pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]De la part de Albert
>>Cervera Areny
>>Envoyé : mardi 14 février 2006 17:07
>>À : pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
>>Objet : Re: [PERFORM] copy and postgresql.conf
>>
>>
>>
>>Sorry, COPY improvements came with 8.1
>>
>>(http://www.postgresql.org/docs/whatsnew)
>>
>>A Dimarts 14 Febrer 2006 14:26, FERREIRA, William (VALTECH) va escriure:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>thanks,
>>>
>>>i'm using postgresql 8.0.3
>>>there is no primary key and no index on my tables
>>>
>>>regards
>>>
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>>>De : pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
>>>[mailto:pgsql-performance-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]De la part de Albert
>>>Cervera Areny
>>>Envoyé : mardi 14 février 2006 12:38
>>>À : pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
>>>Objet : Re: [PERFORM] copy and postgresql.conf
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Hi William,
>>> which PostgreSQL version are you using? Newer (8.0+) versions have some
>>>
>>>important performance improvements for the COPY command.
>>>
>>> Also, you'll notice significant improvements by creating primary & foreign
>>>
>>>keys after the copy command. I think config tweaking can improve key and
>>>
>>>index creation but I don't think you can improve the COPY command itself.
>>>
>>> There are also many threads in this list commenting on this issue, you'll
>>>
>>>find it easely in the archives.
>>>
>>>A Dimarts 14 Febrer 2006 10:44, FERREIRA, William (VALTECH) va escriure:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>hi,
>>>>
>>>>i load data from files using copy method.
>>>>Files contain between 2 and 7 millions of rows, spread on 5 tables.
>>>>
>>>>For loading all the data, it takes 40mn, and the same processing takes
>>>>17mn with Oracle. I think that this time can be improved by changing
>>>>postgresql configuration file. But which parameters i need to manipulate
>>>>and with which values ?
>>>>
>>>>Here are the specifications of my system :
>>>>V250 architecture sun4u
>>>>2xCPU UltraSparc IIIi 1.28 GHz.
>>>>8 Go RAM.
>>>>
>>>>Regards.
>>>>
>>>> Will
>>>>
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