Re: 2CPU 4GBRAM

Jose Mendoza wrote:

> How can be efectivly configured the PostgreSQL to run in a machine with
> 2 CPUs Xeon 2.4 GHz and 4GB of RAM? The PostgreSQL work with the 2
> processors?
> I had run tests and the tiems is always the same that in a computer with
> 1 CPU pentium 4 2.4GHz and 2GB RAM.

The way it works with Postgres is that discrete transactions/queries
only run on a single processor. So if you only have 1 user running 1
session, Postgres will never use more than 1 CPU.

With multiple users and/or multiple sessions, work is spread over the
multiple CPUs.

> I intend to use the postgreSQL in several projects that requiere to
> attend about 1000 - 2500 users in a chain of retail stores. Is is that
> possible? Or is beyond that the postgresql possibilities?

I'm sure Postgres could handle it. Whether the hardware you currently
have spec'd out could handle it or your application framework could
handle it is a totally different story. We could give you our best guess
based on more detailed info -- like how big is the total & working
dataset, what are the usage patterns, what kind of queries/transactions
are most common, etc. -- but you will definitely have to do your own
profiling to get accurate numbers.