X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E15A9FB31C for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:28:31 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 70639-10 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:28:11 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2461A9FB3E3 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:28:10 -0300 (ADT) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id p77so560684nfc for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:28:09 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=pCZXPStDHE+y74VUDcyZUG6SdPbZASoqtad+ZexHTbW5OH+E2V32EQ6qxoqpBws/a66b9XJTfzugSwR8OQepfpJaBzsgmPxadvz5J3FOzfXX+k6FKTUARErqU993PklMmO+SN+iaJ2oQXBijTkBoaB+jqziBpdPnAF4UeY9dF9I= Received: by 10.78.200.20 with SMTP id x20mr4575043huf; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:28:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.118.16 with HTTP; Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:28:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <350f2a20609200828k7c16da77i8933a238e9de847b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:28:08 +0100 From: "Nuno Alves" To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: running benchmark test on a 50GB database MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.199 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE, SPF_PASS X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200609/268 X-Sequence-Number: 20954 Hi, I am running bechmark test in a 50 GB postgresql database. I have the postgresql.conf with all parameters by default. In this configuration the database is very, very slow. Could you please tell which is the best configuration? My system: Pentium D 3.0Ghz RAM: 1GB HD: 150GB SATA Thanks in advance, Nuno