I'm running the Redhat Version of Postgresql which came pre-installed with Redhat ES. It's version number is 7.3.10-1. I'm not sure what options it was compiled with. Is there a way for me to tell? Should i just compile my own postgresql for this platform?
Thanks Mark On Mon, 2005-06-06 at 16:15, Tom Lane wrote: > Mike Rylander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On 06 Jun 2005 12:53:40 -0500, Mark Rinaudo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'm not sure if this is the appropriate list to post this question to > >> but i'm starting with this one because it is related to the performance > >> of Postgresql server. I have a Penguin Computing dual AMD 64 bit > >> opteron machine with 8 Gigs of memory. In my attempt to increase the > >> number of shared_buffers from the default to 65000 i was running into a > >> semget error when trying to start Postgresql. > > > Did you perhaps disable spinlocks when compiling PG? > > That sure looks like it must be the issue --- in a normal build the > number of semaphores needed does not vary with shared_buffers, but > it will if Postgres is falling back to semaphore-based spinlocks. > Which is a really bad idea from a performance standpoint, so you > want to fix the build. > > Which PG version is this exactly, and what configure options did > you use? What compiler was used? > > regards, tom lane > -- Mark Rinaudo 318-213-8780 ext 111 Bowman Systems ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
