Re: Maximum size of database

From: louis gonzales <gonzales(at)linuxlouis(dot)net>
To: roopa perumalraja <roopabenzer(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org, Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Maximum size of database
Date: 2006-10-18 06:14:27
Message-ID: 4535C643.3040901@linuxlouis.net
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also, run
EXPLAIN
on any command, show the results of this. In particular, if you have
some commands that are taking 'even longer?'

roopa perumalraja wrote:

> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I have answered your questions below.
>
> 1 & 2) System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> Version 2002
> Computer: Intel Pentium CPU 3.40GHz, 960MB of RAM
>
> 3) shared_buffers = 20000
> autovaccum = on
>
> 4) Yes, I am vacuuming & analyzing the database once every day.
>
> 5) No concurrent activities, means I run one command at a time.
>
> 6) Nothing else running on the box other than Postgres.
>
> I hope these answers will try to solve my problem. Thanks again.
>
> Roopa
> */Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>/* wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 07:26:25PM -0700, roopa perumalraja wrote:
> > I would like to know that what can be the maximum size of
> database in
> > postgres 8.1.4.
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ.html#item4.4
>
> > Currently my database size is 37GB & its pretty slow. I wonder if
> > its b'cos of huge amount of data in it.
>
> 37GB isn't all that huge; as the FAQ mentions, much larger databases
> exist. Without more information we'll have to ask some of the
> standard questions:
>
> What's your hardware configuration?
> What operating system and version are you using?
> What are your non-default postgresql.conf settings?
> Are you vacuuming and analyzing the database regularly?
> How much concurrent activity do you have?
> Does anything other than PostgreSQL run on the box?
>
> If you have a specific query that's slow then please post the EXPLAIN
> ANALYZE output. Also, you might get more help on the pgsql-performance
> list.
>
> --
> Michael Fuhr
>
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