X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06EB5D1B546 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:11:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 00251-10 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:11:26 -0300 (ADT) Received: from lorax.kcilink.com (lorax.kciLink.com [206.112.95.1]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56B7CD1B50E for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:11:27 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lorax.kcilink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9BB73E44 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:39:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lorax.kcilink.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lorax.kcilink.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 29537-03-2 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:39:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from lorax.kciLink.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lorax.kcilink.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DE053E37 for ; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:39:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from news@localhost) by lorax.kciLink.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8/Submit) id h9DFd4Hw035509 for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:39:04 -0400 (EDT) To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Path: not-for-mail From: Vivek Khera Newsgroups: ml.postgres.performance Subject: Re: go for a script! / ex: PostgreSQL vs. MySQL Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:39:03 -0400 Organization: Khera Communications, Inc., Rockville, MD Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <007901c38f2b$0b585590$2802a8c0@webbased10> <3F8819EF.7010004@chuckie.co.uk> <3F88BFD7.1020808@familyhealth.com.au> <200310121331.42693.josh@agliodbs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: yertle.kcilink.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: lorax.kcilink.com 1066059544 42314 216.194.193.105 (13 Oct 2003 15:39:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: daemon@kciLink.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2003 15:39:04 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Portable Code, berkeley-unix) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YOW28BMekEybdBmRG8aNs3qONsk= X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at kciLink.com X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200310/429 X-Sequence-Number: 4177 >>>>> "JB" == Josh Berkus writes: JB> Chris, >> > PostgreSQL requires some more shared memory to cache some tables, x Mb, >> > do you want to increase your OS kernel parameters? >> > >> > Tweak shmmax and shmmall >> >> Note that this still requires a kernel recompile on FreeBSD :( JB> Not our fault, now is it? This would mean that we wouldn't be JB> able to script for FreeBSD. Bug the FreeBSD developers. "I read it on the net so it must be true" applies here. You /can/ set these values via sysctl calls. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: khera@kciLink.com Rockville, MD +1-240-453-8497 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/