Re: Performance tuning...

From: Naomi Walker <nwalker(at)mhs(dot)mphasis(dot)com>
To: "Sattler, Thomas (IT)" <Thomas(dot)Sattler(at)morganstanley(dot)com>
Cc: Carol Walter <walterc(at)indiana(dot)edu> , "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Performance tuning...
Date: 2008-01-02 18:48:44
Message-ID: 477BDC8C.6080603@mhs.mphasis.com
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Sattler, Thomas (IT) wrote:
> Cache, cache, cache, cache.
>
and consider dropping all indices until after the load is completed..
>
> Thomas Sattler
> Morgan Stanley | Technology
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
>> [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org] On Behalf Of Carol Walter
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:35 AM
>> To: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
>> Subject: [ADMIN] Performance tuning...
>>
>> Greetings and Salutations...
>>
>> This has probably been discussed a number of times, but I
>> really need your help. I am upgrading from 8.1 to 8.2.
>> Right now I have the restore of the database to the new
>> version running. It has been running since December 21, at
>> 4:30 PM. I'm in a University environment and we're in the
>> midst of winter break, so there is very little processing
>> going on on my systems. This is actually a test run of the
>> upgrade. I thought I would be able to do the test and live
>> during the break but as slow as this thing is going, I may be
>> lucky just to finish the test. This brings me to my question. Is
>> there any performance tuning I can do to make this think run
>> faster?
>> This is a Sun box running Solaris 10.
>>
>> Carol
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