Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VdmnO-0000S0-JP for pgsql-performance@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:00:14 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VdmnN-00069I-Pa for pgsql-performance@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:00:14 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VdmnM-00067a-Fk for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:00:12 +0000 Received: from smtp.01.com ([199.36.142.181]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VdmnF-0005nM-4f for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2013 20:00:11 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out-1.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A34AC2940A7 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 14:00:01 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp-out-1.01.com Received: from smtp.01.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-out-1.01.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6GrgLS7mKAvu for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 14:00:01 -0600 (CST) Received: from smtp.01.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out-1.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A97C2941A8 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 14:00:01 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-out-1.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52C842941A7 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 14:00:01 -0600 (CST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp-out-1.01.com Received: from smtp.01.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-out-1.01.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id PWbyFqv7sUss for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 14:00:01 -0600 (CST) Received: from [172.47.23.102] (50-1-86-31.dsl.dynamic.sonic.net [50.1.86.31]) by smtp-out-1.01.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BCB0F2941A0 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2013 14:00:00 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <52794E3D.1070700@agliodbs.com> Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 11:59:57 -0800 From: Josh Berkus Organization: PostgreSQL Experts Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: postgresql recommendation memory References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-performance Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org > PostgreSQL 9.1.6 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.4.6 > 20120305 (Red Hat 4.4.6-4), 64-bit First, you should be using the latest update version. You are currently missing multiple patch updates. > listen_addresses = '*' > port = 5433 > max_connections = 350 > shared_buffers = 8GB Try dropping shared_buffers to 2GB. We've seen some issues on certain systems with 8GB shared buffers. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance