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From: Gourish Singbal <gourish@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: pgsql_tmp and postgres settings
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:26:23 +0530
Message-ID: <674d1f8a0606112256t71b38395gc894fcbca45afedc@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060609155953.GX45331@pervasive.com>
References: <20060609122948.6B7419FA621@postgresql.org>
	<20060609155953.GX45331@pervasive.com>

Where is the pgsql_tmp folder present ?.  i am unable to see it in the data
directory of postgresql.

~gourish

On 6/9/06, Jim C. Nasby <jnasby@pervasive.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 02:23:04PM +0200, Domenico - Sal. F.lli Riva
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > During insert or update, potgresql write in pgsql_tmp directory and so
> > performance are very poor.
>
> pgsql_tmp is used if a query runs out of work_mem, so you can try
> increasing that.
>
> > My configuration is:
> >
> > Work mem                    10240
> >
> > Effective_cache_size      30000
> You're off by a factor of 10.
>
> > Shared buffers              9000
> I'd suggest bumping that up to at least 30000.
>
> > Postgresql (RPM from official website) 8.1.0
>
> You should upgrade to 8.1.4. There's a number of data loss bugs waiting
> to bite you.
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-- 
Best,
Gourish Singbal

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