X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [64.117.224.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2534FD1B4F4 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:34:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([64.117.224.193]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [64.117.224.130]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 34806-06 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:34:02 -0300 (ADT) Received: from davinci.ethosmedia.com (unknown [209.128.84.228]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 098B8D1B503 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:33:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [63.195.55.98] (HELO spooky) by davinci.ethosmedia.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.2) with ESMTP id 3759464; Sun, 12 Oct 2003 13:34:44 -0700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Josh Berkus Organization: Aglio Database Solutions To: Christopher Kings-Lynne , Nick Barr Subject: Re: go for a script! / ex: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2003 13:31:42 -0700 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org References: <007901c38f2b$0b585590$2802a8c0@webbased10> <3F8819EF.7010004@chuckie.co.uk> <3F88BFD7.1020808@familyhealth.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3F88BFD7.1020808@familyhealth.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200310121331.42693.josh@agliodbs.com> X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200310/402 X-Sequence-Number: 4150 Chris, > > PostgreSQL requires some more shared memory to cache some tables, x Mb, > > do you want to increase your OS kernel parameters? > > > > Tweak shmmax and shmmall > > Note that this still requires a kernel recompile on FreeBSD :( Not our fault, now is it? This would mean that we wouldn't be able to script for FreeBSD. Bug the FreeBSD developers. -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco