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* System Requirement
@ 2005-06-13 19:56 Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com>
2005-06-13 20:10 ` Re: System Requirement Madison Kelly <linux@alteeve.com>
2005-06-14 08:32 ` Re: System Requirement hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@gmail.com>
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From: Saranya Sivakumar @ 2005-06-13 19:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-performance
Hi All,
We are looking to upgrade to 8.0 from 7.3.2 on production server. The current production system we are using is
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2 x 2.4 Ghz Intel Xeon CPU with HT(4 virtual CPUs)
RAM - 1GB
HDD - 34GB SCSI
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Production DB size: 10.89 GB
Number of tables: 253
We are planning to get a new server/system and upgrade to 8.0 on it. What is the recommended system requirement for Postgres 8.0?
Please give me your inputs on this.
Thanks
Saranya
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* Re: System Requirement
2005-06-13 19:56 System Requirement Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com>
@ 2005-06-13 20:10 ` Madison Kelly <linux@alteeve.com>
2005-06-14 13:04 ` Re: System Requirement Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com>
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From: Madison Kelly @ 2005-06-13 20:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-performance; +Cc: Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com>
Saranya Sivakumar wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> We are looking to upgrade to 8.0 from 7.3.2 on production server. The
> current production system we are using is
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> 2 x 2.4 Ghz Intel Xeon CPU with HT(4 virtual CPUs)
>
> RAM - 1GB
>
> HDD - 34GB SCSI
>
> -------------------------------------
>
> Production DB size: 10.89 GB
>
> Number of tables: 253
>
> We are planning to get a new server/system and upgrade to 8.0 on it.
> What is the recommended system requirement for Postgres 8.0?
>
> Please give me your inputs on this.
>
> Thanks
>
> Saranya
Hi,
Let me be the first to recommend RAM. From what little I know so far
I think it is still important to know more about what your database
looks like and how is it used/accessed. Can you post some more
information on the details of your database? Is it a few users with
large datasets (like a research project) or many users with small data
sets (like a website)?
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/kernel-resources.html
See if that helps a bit. My first suggestion would be to simply increase
your RAM to at least 2GB. Anything more would be beneficial up to the
point of being able to load your entire DB into RAM (16GB RAM should
allow for that plus other OS overhead).
Well, I'm relatively new so defer to others but this is my suggestion.
Best of luck!
Madison
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* Re: System Requirement
2005-06-13 19:56 System Requirement Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com>
2005-06-13 20:10 ` Re: System Requirement Madison Kelly <linux@alteeve.com>
@ 2005-06-14 13:04 ` Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com>
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From: Saranya Sivakumar @ 2005-06-14 13:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-performance; +Cc: Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com>
Hi,
Thanks for the advice on increasing RAM and switching to AMD processors.
To tell more about our DB: Our DB is transaction intensive. Interaction to the DB is through a web based application. Typically at any instant there are over 100 users using the application and we have customers worldwide. The DB size is 10.89 GB with 250+ tables.
Also, regarding upgrading to 8.0, it is better to first upgrade to 7.4 (from 7.3.2--current version on production) and then upgrade to 8.0. Am I right?
Thanks,
Saranya
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* Re: System Requirement
2005-06-13 19:56 System Requirement Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com>
@ 2005-06-14 08:32 ` hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz@gmail.com>
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From: hubert depesz lubaczewski @ 2005-06-14 08:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com>; +Cc: pgsql-performance
On 6/13/05, Saranya Sivakumar <sarlavk@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 2 x 2.4 Ghz Intel Xeon CPU with HT(4 virtual CPUs)
switch to amd opteron (dual cpu). for the same price you get 2x
performance - comparing to xeon boxes.
> RAM - 1GB
you'd definitelly could use more ram. the more the better.
> HDD - 34GB SCSI
is it one drive of 34G? if yes, buy another one and setup raid1 over
them. should boost performance as well.
> Production DB size: 10.89 GB
not much. you could even consider buing 12 or 16g of ram to make it
fit in memory.
depesz
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