Re: how much mem to give postgres?

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org, Josh Close <narshe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: how much mem to give postgres?
Date: 2004-10-20 05:23:24
Message-ID: 200410192223.24285.josh@agliodbs.com
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JJosh,

> I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to get my postgres server
> moving faster. It's just crawling right now. It's on a p4 HT with 2
> gigs of mem.

There have been issues with Postgres+HT, especially on Linux 2.4. Try
turning HT off if other tuning doesn't solve things.

Otherwise, see:
http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/perf.html

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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