Re: Changing the default configuration (was Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Benchmarks)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <merlin(dot)moncure(at)rcsonline(dot)com>, PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Changing the default configuration (was Re: [HACKERS] PostgreSQL Benchmarks)
Date: 2003-02-11 17:18:10
Message-ID: 26500.1044983890@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> Personally I'd be a bunch happier if we set the buffers so high that we
> definitely have decent performance, and the people that want to run
> PostgreSQL are forced to make the choice of either:
> 1) Adjust their system settings to allow PostgreSQL to run properly, or
> 2) Manually adjust the PostgreSQL settings to run memory-constrained
> This way, PostgreSQL either runs decently, or they are _aware_ that
> they're limiting it.

Yeah, that is the subtext here. If you can't increase SHMMAX then you
can always trim the postgresql.conf parameters --- but theoretically,
at least, you should then have a clue that you're running a
badly-configured setup ...

regards, tom lane

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