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From: Dan Harris <fbsd@drivefaster.net>
To: PostgreSQL Performance <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Is it possible to start two instances of postgresql?
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:17:25 -0600
Message-ID: <44919625.8040200@drivefaster.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44911706.60204@superlativ.dk>
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	<44911706.60204@superlativ.dk>


> kah_hang_ang@toray.com.my wrote:
>
>   
>> both of the two database are live but use for two different web app.
>> my company don't want to spend more to buy a new server, so then I think of
>> to implement both under the same server and one instance..

Just as an anecdote, I am running 30 databases on a single instance and 
it's working quite well.   There may be reasons to run multiple 
instances but it seems like tuning them to cooperate for memory would 
pose some problems - e.g. effective_cache_size.

-Dan




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