Re: import performance

From: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)alcove(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Dave Dutcher <dave(at)tridecap(dot)com>
Cc: "'Chris'" <dmagick(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: import performance
Date: 2006-03-14 01:00:19
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0603141159210.16412@linuxworld.com.au
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Dave Dutcher wrote:

> [Snip]
> > >
> > > shared_buffers = 256
> >
> > Make this higher too. If this is a dedicated machine with 512 MB of
> ram,
> > set it to something like 125000.
> >
> > You may need to adjust shared memory settings for your operating
> system.
> > See the manual for details.
> >
>
> Whoa. Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't each buffer 8192 bytes? So you are
> suggesting that he set his shared buffers to a gigabyte on a machine
> with 512 MB of ram? Or was that just a miscalculation?

One to many zeros. Oops.

Gavin

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