Re: Slow Performance

* Gavin M. Roy <gmr(at)readysetnet(dot)com> [001024 13:12] wrote:
> Am looking here:
> http://www.postgresql.org/devel-corner/docs/admin/runtime-config.htm
>
> but not seeing anything on shared memory. Do you know the configuration
> option for this?

-B <some number of pages>

>
> Gavin
>
> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>
> > * Gavin M. Roy <gmr(at)readysetnet(dot)com> [001024 11:09] wrote:
> > > I have a monster db server, with 2 gigs of memory all for PostgresQL
> > > 7.0.2. The machine is a PIII - 800 Zeon with 10,000 RPM SCSI drives. I
> > > have a database with about 8 tables with over 1.5 Million rows. It's
> > > running slower than I like when running simple sql queries on one and
> > > two tables. When I look at postgres I notice it's only using 80 megs.
> > >
> > > 1) Would increasing the memory postgresql is using increase performance?
> > >
> > > Here's my current command line:
> > > /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D /usr/local/pgsql/data -i -o '-F'
> > > -B 2048 -N 1024 &
> >
> > Yes, try running a shared memorry segment of at least 256 megs.
> >
> > > 2) Are there any other suggestions to how I run Postgresql to increase
> > > my performance issues?
> >
> > Make sure you periodically do a 'vacuum analyze' on the tables and
> > make sure you have proper indexing.
> >
> > --
> > -Alfred Perlstein - [bright(at)wintelcom(dot)net|alfred(at)freebsd(dot)org]
> > "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."

--
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright(at)wintelcom(dot)net|alfred(at)freebsd(dot)org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."