Re: [ADMIN] Fresh build on OS X not working (memory)

2010-04-29 Thread Gavin Kistner
On Apr 29, 2010, at 11:42 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > For comparison, I have these settings on my laptop: > > pro:~ tgl$ cat /etc/sysctl.conf > kern.sysv.shmmax=33554432 > kern.sysv.shmmin=1 > kern.sysv.shmmni=32 > kern.sysv.shmseg=8 > kern.sysv.shmall=8192 > > and PG starts fine for me. I'm not sure

Re: [ADMIN] Fresh build on OS X not working (memory)

2010-04-29 Thread Tom Lane
Gavin Kistner writes: > Mac OS X 10.6.3 > Built and installed PG 8.4.3 from source > Trying to start the server, I get "could not create shared memory segment: > Invalid argument". OSX is *notoriously* unfriendly about configuring shm parameters. You look at it sidewise, it doesn't work, and gen

[ADMIN] Fresh build on OS X not working (memory)

2010-04-29 Thread Gavin Kistner
Mac OS X 10.6.3 Built and installed PG 8.4.3 from source Trying to start the server, I get "could not create shared memory segment: Invalid argument". I've bumped my shmmax/shmall and related parameters as suggested in the README for the one-click installer (which I installed and then uninstalle

Re: [ADMIN] more 10K disks or less 15K disks

2010-04-29 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Scott Whitney wrote: > During the testing that I did when moving from pg7 to pg8 a few years back, I > didn't notice any particular performance > increase on a similarly-configured server. > > That is, we've got 14 disks (15k rpm) striped in a single RAID10 array.

Re: [ADMIN] register a service in Windows

2010-04-29 Thread Josi Perez (3T Systems)
Peter, thank you for your efforts in try to help me and sorry for send the message directly to you, not for the list. No success yet - I'm starting (and stoping) manually the 2 extra services. About the locale, I removed this option at initdb - I will try to solve this after the service is running

Re: [ADMIN] more 10K disks or less 15K disks

2010-04-29 Thread Scott Whitney
During the testing that I did when moving from pg7 to pg8 a few years back, I didn't notice any particular performance increase on a similarly-configured server. That is, we've got 14 disks (15k rpm) striped in a single RAID10 array. Moving the logs to an internal RAID versus leaving them on

Re: [ADMIN] more 10K disks or less 15K disks

2010-04-29 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Anj Adu wrote: > With the increase in the number of disks that we can afford to have in > 1 box..we will definitely plan on having WAL on dedicated disks. > Previously..we were stuck with the chassis limitation of 6 disks per > box. Yeah, the smallest machine I us

Re: [ADMIN] more 10K disks or less 15K disks

2010-04-29 Thread Anj Adu
With the increase in the number of disks that we can afford to have in 1 box..we will definitely plan on having WAL on dedicated disks. Previously..we were stuck with the chassis limitation of 6 disks per box. On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:26

Re: [ADMIN] more 10K disks or less 15K disks

2010-04-29 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Anj Adu wrote: > All the disks are usually laid out in a single RAID 10 stripe . There > are no dedicated disks for the OS/WAL as storage is a premium You should at least investigate the performance difference of having a separate volume for WAL files on your sys

Re: [ADMIN] more 10K disks or less 15K disks

2010-04-29 Thread Anj Adu
I also want to add that with the perc 6i controllers..we have never had issues. We have been running postgres nonstop for over 2 years and sustaining a throughput of over 60-100 million messages a day without breaking sweat. (postgres 8.1.9 on linux 32 bit ) I have to say I am impressed with the st

Re: [ADMIN] more 10K disks or less 15K disks

2010-04-29 Thread Anj Adu
All the disks are usually laid out in a single RAID 10 stripe . There are no dedicated disks for the OS/WAL as storage is a premium On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 10:30 PM, Greg Smith wrote: > Anj Adu wrote: >> >> We do not archive the WALs. We use application-level replication to >> achieve redundancy.

Re: [ADMIN] Error in PostgreSQL log

2010-04-29 Thread Tom Lane
"Campbell, Lance" writes: > Thanks. Do I add the following to the postgresql.conf file? > ssl_renegotiation_limit = 0 Right. The variable won't be listed in your existing file, likely, because that option is new as of last month's updates. regards, tom lane -- Sent vi

Re: [ADMIN] Error in PostgreSQL log

2010-04-29 Thread Campbell, Lance
Tom, Thanks. Do I add the following to the postgresql.conf file? ssl_renegotiation_limit = 0 Thanks, Lance Campbell Software Architect/DBA/Project Manager Web Services at Public Affairs 217-333-0382 -Original Message- From: Tom Lane [mailto:t...@sss.pgh.pa.us] Sent: Wednesday, April 2