Re: Slow updates, poor IO

From: "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "John Huttley" <John(at)mib-infotech(dot)co(dot)nz>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Slow updates, poor IO
Date: 2008-09-29 02:15:05
Message-ID: dcc563d10809281915x6239f86bxdd220eb681c2db96@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:01 PM, John Huttley <John(at)mib-infotech(dot)co(dot)nz> wrote:
> Ahh bugger, I've just trashed my test setup.
> I've settled on 64Mb shared memory since I've only got 1Gb or RAM and the
> system impact of 256M is severe.
> Also it uses FB-DIMMS which cost arm+leg+first born

http://www.crucial.com/search/searchresults.aspx?keywords=buffered

Fully buffered memory there is $56.99 for a 1 Gig stick. That's
hardly an arm and a leg. Considering many pgsql DBAs make that in 1
to 3 hours, it's not much at all really. A lot cheaper than pulling
your hair out trying to make a db server run on 1 Gig.

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