Re: [ADMIN] Connections "Startup"

From: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Om Prakash Jaiswal <op12om(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)in>
Cc: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Artem Tomyuk <admin(at)leboutique(dot)com>, "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Connections "Startup"
Date: 2015-12-23 04:50:12
Message-ID: CAFj8pRAj1pzZwNWAiytx30bVLU_AYpEY-6H2=BUUV6-Lwick7g@mail.gmail.com
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2015-12-23 4:52 GMT+01:00 Om Prakash Jaiswal <op12om(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)in>:

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> *Postgres is designed in this way. It can handle such problem by adopting the following steps: *
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> 1.Increase the kernal level parameters:
> shmmax and shmall
> example for 2GB RAM size for postgres processing is below
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> *vi /etc/sysctl.conf*
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> kernel.shmmax = 2147483648
> kernel.shmall = 2883584
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> similar way you increase the configuration paramater for half of RAM size of your machine.
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> 2. Edit your postgresql.conf file following settings:
> a. Increase the number of connection parameter.
> Connection = 500
> b.Effective_cache_size = 2GB
> c. Shared_memory = 500MB
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increasing max connection when you have these strange issues isn't good
advice. Running 500 connections on 2GB server is highly risky.

Pavel

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> On Wednesday, 23 December 2015 8:04 AM, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>
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> On 12/22/15 2:09 AM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
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> > There was lot of bugfix releases after 9.1.2 - currently there is
> > PostgreSQL 9.2.19.
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> I'm sure Pavel meant 9.1.19, not 9.2.19.
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> In any case, be aware that 9.1 goes end of life next year. You should
> start planning on a major version upgrade now if you haven't already.
> 9.5 should release in January so you might want to wait for that version.
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