| From: | Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Jim Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> |
| Cc: | "Greg Smith" <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Volunteer to build a configuration tool |
| Date: | 2007-06-26 08:01:59 |
| Message-ID: | 87odj3dtzc.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com |
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"Jim Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> writes:
> The real issue is that the "stock" postgresql.conf is just horrible. It was
> originally tuned for something like a 486, but even the recent changes have
> only brought it up to the "pentium era" (case in point: 24MB of shared buffers
> equates to a machine with 128MB of memory, give or take).
I think it's more that the stock configure has to assume it's not a dedicated
box. Picture someone installing Postgres on their debian box because it's
required for Gnucash. Even having 24M suddenly disappear from the box is quite
a bit.
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Gregory Stark
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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