On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 10:15:57AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: > Anjan, > > > I read an article that suggests you 'start' with 25% of memory for > > shared_buffers. Sort memory was suggested to be at 2-4%. Here's the > > link: > > http://www.ca.postgresql.org/docs/momjian/hw_performance/node8.html > > Maybe, I misinterpreted it. > > No, I can see how you arrived at that conclusion, and Bruce is an authority. > I'll contact him.
I think the "25%" rule of thumb is slightly stale: above some threshold, it just falls apart, and lots of people now have machines well within that threshold. Heck, I'll bet Bruce's 2-way machine is within that threshold. A -- ---- Andrew Sullivan 204-4141 Yonge Street Afilias Canada Toronto, Ontario Canada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> M2P 2A8 +1 416 646 3304 x110 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster