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* Setting up of a large database
@ 2008-05-16 17:50 Roberto Edwins <robertoedwins@gmail.com>
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From: Roberto Edwins @ 2008-05-16 17:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
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What are the values that should go in postgresql.conf for a larga
database, a couple of which tables shall contain over 100 million
records?
Thanks in advance.
- Roberto
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* Re: Setting up of a large database
@ 2008-05-16 20:18 Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
parent: Roberto Edwins <robertoedwins@gmail.com>
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From: Scott Marlowe @ 2008-05-16 20:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Roberto Edwins <robertoedwins@gmail.com>; +Cc: pgsql-admin
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Roberto Edwins
<robertoedwins@gmail.com> wrote:
> What are the values that should go in postgresql.conf for a larga
> database, a couple of which tables shall contain over 100 million
> records?
Well, that really kind of depends. Is this a database to handle lots
of users with small bank style transactions? Or is it designed to
hold the text type content for millions of users but with only a
handful accessing it at once? Or maybe it's a reporting database with
lots of statistical data that will be accessed by one or two people at
a time but do huge ugly queries.
It really all kind of depends.
A good idea is to keep from setting max clients any higher than you
have to. Set shared_buffers around 25% of total memory to start, and
set work_mem to about 8M or so. Note that it's easy to use up a lot
of memory fast with higher work_mem settings because each sort / hash
agg etc can use up work_mem worth of memory. 100 users times 2 sorts
each would equal 8M*200 or 1600M with a setting of 8M work_mem.
Most importantly, make small incremental changes and benchmark with a
realistic load, it's the only way to be sure.
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