Re: Memory Settings....

You may find this informative:

http://www.powerpostgresql.com/Downloads/annotated_conf_80.html

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Lee Keel wrote:

> I have a client server that is dedicated to being a Postgres 8.2.4 database
> server for many websites. This server will contain approximately 15
> databases each containing between 40-100 tables. Each database will have
> approximately 7 web applications pulling data from it, but there will
> probably be no more than 50 simultaneous requests. The majority of the
> tables will be very small tables around 1K in total size. However, most of
> the queries will be going to the other 10-15 tables that are in each
> database that will contain postgis shapes. These tables will range in size
> from 50 to 730K rows and each row will range in size from a 2K to 3MB. The
> data will be truncated and reinserted as part of a nightly process but other
> than that, there won't be many writes during the day. I am trying to tune
> this server to its maximum capacity. I would appreciate any advice on any
> of the settings that I should look at. I have not changed any of the
> settings before because I have never really needed to. And even now, I have
> not experienced any bad performance, I am simply trying to turn the track
> before the train gets here.
>
> Server Specification:
> Windows 2003 Enterprise R2
> Dual-Quad Core 2.33GHz
> 8GB RAM
> 263 GB HD (I am not 100% on drive speed, but I think it is 15K)
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Lee Keel
>
>
>
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