Re: Shared Buffer setting in postgresql.conf

From: Marcin Stępnicki <mstepnicki(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "Radhika S" <radhika(dot)sambamurti(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Shared Buffer setting in postgresql.conf
Date: 2007-10-10 05:25:45
Message-ID: 179149fe0710092225h68a3cfc1jd07bdd4f5e35a9b9@mail.gmail.com
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On 10/9/07, Radhika S <radhika(dot)sambamurti(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Along with my previous message (slow postgres), I notice the shared buffer
> setting for our production database is set to 1000.
> How much higher can I go? I don't know how much my kernel can take?

A lot higher. How much memory do you have?

> I am running postgres 7.4.6 on Redhat enterprise 3 server.

Unless you've got a very good reason do yourself a favour and upgrade to 8.2.5.

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