Re: postgresql.conf

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:59:23 -0600 (MDT), "scott.marlowe" wrote:
>
> I'm looking at doing the example postgresql.conf files for the 7.4
> release. So far, the catagories we have would be a matrix of:
>
> -------------- Large Machine -- Small Machine
> Webserver
> OLAP
> OLTP
> Workstation
>
> But likely only one entry for workstation.
>
> anyone have any advice on what they use in which situations and what we
> should include in the examples?
>
> I'm guessing OLTP needs things like FSM cranked up,
> OLAP (a for analytical) needs more shared buffers and sort memory
> Webserver might be better served just slightly higher values than default
> but well under those of either OLTP or OLAP...
>

Are you planning on differentiating between dedicated machines and multi-server
machines? For example, a dedicated database for a webserver would be tuned
differently from a server that was running both the webserver and the database on
the same machine.

Robert Treat

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