X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CCA69DCBD0 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:15:49 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 85169-04 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:15:52 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from noel.decibel.org (noel.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B2919DC9D4 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:15:45 -0400 (AST) Received: by noel.decibel.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D91FE5645D; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:15:50 -0600 (CST) Received: (hashcash-sendmail, from uid 1001); Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:15:49 -0600 Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:15:49 -0600 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: "mcelroy, tim" Cc: "'pgsql-performance@postgresql.org'" Subject: Re: pg_reset_stats + cache I/O % Message-ID: <20060310151549.GE45250@pervasive.com> References: <0C4841B42F87D51195BD00B0D020F5CB044B243B@morpheus.bostonstock.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0C4841B42F87D51195BD00B0D020F5CB044B243B@morpheus.bostonstock.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE-p4 amd64 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Hashcash: 1:20:060310:tim.mcelroy@bostonstock.com::it/bYd0HajDWrVPN:0000000000 000000000000000000000000B55U X-Hashcash: 1:20:060310:pgsql-performance@postgresql.org::RCAvggeMBM9rjgZe:00000 00000000000000000000000018fl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.109 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.109] X-Spam-Score: 0.109 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200603/129 X-Sequence-Number: 17566 On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 08:13:30AM -0500, mcelroy, tim wrote: > charts showing system and in this case DB performance. I'm basically just > using the out-of-the-box defaults in my postgresql.conf file and that seems Ugh... the default config won't get you far. Take a look here: http://www.powerpostgresql.com/Downloads/annotated_conf_80.html Or, I've been planning on posting a website with some better "canned" postgresql.conf config files for different configurations; if you send me specs on the machine you're running on I'll come up with something that's at least more reasonable. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461