Martin Nickel wrote: > On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:52:15 +0100, Richard Huxton wrote: > > 3. Actually - are you happy that your general configuration is OK? > We're running dual Opteron 244s with 4G of memory. The platform is > Suse 9.3, 64 bit. The database is on a 3ware 9500S-8 sata raid controller > configured raid 10 with 4 drives plus a hot swap. Drives are > 7400 rpm (don't remember model or size). > > I'm running Postgres 8.0.3. Here are some of the relevant conf file > parameters: > shared_buffers = 50000 > sort_mem = 8192 > work_mem = 256000
Interesting that you set both sort_mem and work_mem. Do you realize that the former is an obsolete name, and currently a synonym for the latter? Maybe the problem is that you are using too much memory for sorts, forcing swap usage, etc. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/DXLWNGRJD34J "La persona que no quería pecar / estaba obligada a sentarse en duras y empinadas sillas / desprovistas, por cierto de blandos atenuantes" (Patricio Vogel) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
