Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-18 Thread Bill Moran
In response to "Sorin N. Ciolofan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Dear all, > > Thanks for your advices. I'd like to ask you where can I download the > pg_buffercache add-on and also where can I find some documentation about how > can I install it? It's part of the contrib directory that ships with th

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-18 Thread Sorin N. Ciolofan
Moran Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:14 PM To: Sorin N. Ciolofan Cc: 'Shoaib Mir'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; 'Dimitris Kotzinos' Subject: Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory In response to "Sorin N. Ciolofan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-13 Thread Tom Lane
"Sorin N. Ciolofan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I will simplify the things in order to describe when the error occurred: > The input of the application is some data which is read from files on disk, > processed and then inserted in the database in one transaction. This total > quantity of data r

Re: [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-13 Thread Sorin N. Ciolofan
7;; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Dimitris Kotzinos' Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory "Sorin N. Ciolofan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This had also no effect. Because I can't see any difference > between th

Re: [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-12 Thread Tom Lane
"Sorin N. Ciolofan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This had also no effect. Because I can't see any difference > between the maximum input accepted for our application with the old > configuration and the maximum input accepted now, with the new > configuration. It looks like nothin

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-12 Thread Bill Moran
n with the old > configuration and the maximum input accepted now, with the new > configuration. It looks like nothing happened. > > > > Thanks > > Sorin > > _ > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shoaib Mir > Sen

Re: [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-12 Thread Sorin N. Ciolofan
Of Shoaib Mir Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 6:02 PM To: Sorin N. Ciolofan Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory An extract from --> http://www.powerpostgresql.com/PerfList/ might help you shared_buffers: As a reminder: This figure is NOT t

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-02 Thread David Brain
There is also a add on in contrib (pg_buffercache) that can be used to give an indication of the number of buffers in use, this can be used to help find a 'good' shared mem size for your configuration. David. ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 6: expla

Re: [GENERAL] [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-02 Thread Bill Moran
In response to "Sorin N. Ciolofan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I've a value of 1000 set for shared_buffers, does this means > that I use 8kbX1000=8Mb of Shared Mem? > > > > The definition from the manual is quite confusing: > > > > shared_buffers (integer) > > Sets th

Re: [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-02 Thread Shoaib Mir
is the meaning of this integer? Thanks. S. -- *From:* Shoaib Mir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, April 02, 2007 1:01 PM *To:* Sorin N. Ciolofan *Cc:* pgsql-general@postgresql.org; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org *Subject:* Re: [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

Re: [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-02 Thread Sorin N. Ciolofan
fan Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory I guess shared_buffers (in postgresql.conf file) will help you here if you have properly setup your kernel.SHMMAX value. -- Shoaib Mir EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com ) On 4/2/07, Sori

Re: [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-02 Thread Shoaib Mir
I guess shared_buffers (in postgresql.conf file) will help you here if you have properly setup your kernel.SHMMAX value. -- Shoaib Mir EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com) On 4/2/07, Sorin N. Ciolofan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello! I'd like to ask you if there is any Postgre configura

Re: [ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-02 Thread Marius ROMAN
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/kernel-resources.html On 4/2/07, Sorin N. Ciolofan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello! I'd like to ask you if there is any Postgre configuration parameter (like the ones defined in postgresql.conf file) that could be used for increasing the

[ADMIN] Increasing the shared memory

2007-04-02 Thread Sorin N. Ciolofan
Hello! I'd like to ask you if there is any Postgre configuration parameter (like the ones defined in postgresql.conf file) that could be used for increasing the shared memory for Postgre? Thank you very much With best regards, Sorin