| From: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> | 
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| To: | Mark Lonsdale <mark(dot)lonsdale(at)wysdm(dot)com> | 
| Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org | 
| Subject: | Re: Configuration Issue ? | 
| Date: | 2006-10-25 21:12:49 | 
| Message-ID: | 453FD351.7000408@archonet.com | 
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Mark Lonsdale wrote:
> 
> Hi Josh
> 
> Thanks for the feedback, that is most usefull.  When you said one of the
> settings was likely killing us, was it all of the settings for
> max_fsm_relations, max_fsm_pages, and sort_mem or just the setting for
> sort_mem ?
> 
> Can you explain why the setting would be killing me :-)
The sort_mem is crucial. It's memory *per sort*, which means one query 
can use several times that amount.
> The long and short is you need to upgrade to at least 7.4, preferrably
> 8.1.
Joshua means this too. Upgrade to 7.3.16 within the next few days, then 
test out something more recent. You should see some useful performance 
gains from 8.1.
-- 
   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd
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