Re: Config parameters

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: Jeremy Haile <jhaile(at)fastmail(dot)fm>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Config parameters
Date: 2007-01-02 16:34:19
Message-ID: 459A898B.9020509@archonet.com
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Jeremy Haile wrote:
> I'm curious what parameters you guys typically *always* adjust on new
> PostgreSQL installs.

> The parameters that I almost always change when installing a new system
> is shared_buffers, max_fsm_pages, checkpoint_segments, and
> effective_cache_size.

Always: work_mem, maintenance_work_mem
Also consider temp_buffers and random_page_cost.

A lot will depend on how much of the data you handle ends up cached.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

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