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From: Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@yahoo.com>
To: Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com>
To: pgsqlnovice <pgsql-novice@postgresql.org>
To: pgsqlperform <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] 7.3.2 pg_restore very slow
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 12:18:56 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <20060807191856.43058.qmail@web31801.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060807172825.52230.qmail@web51314.mail.yahoo.com>

>   Thank you very much for the information. The SHMMAX was set to 33554432, and that's why it
> failed to start the postmaster. Thanks for the link to the kernel resources article. I guess
> changing these parameters would require recompiling the kernel. 
>    
>   Is there any work around without changing these parameters to make maximum use of RAM?
>    
>   We got a new server now with 2GB RAM, but it also has the same value for SHMMAX.
>    
>   And I am trying the restore with the following conf
>   sort_mem = 40960  (changed from 1024)
>   shared_buffers = 3000 (changed from 64)
>     max_connections = 128 (changed from 32)

This is one of the best links that I can give you in addition to the Postgresql Kernel resource
link.
http://www.powerpostgresql.com/PerfList

I am pretty much a beginner at resource tuning also.  In fact, after googling for sources that
describe how to tune kernel parameters, the postgresql documents remains the best documents I've
found so far.

I would be interested if anyone else on the list knows of any resources or books that have an in
depth discussion on methods/strategies to tune kernel parameters to maximized usage of system
resources and at the same time allow for harmonious sharing between various programs/services.

Regards,

Richard Broersma Jr.



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