> > Up until a few days ago I have been running Postgresl 7.2.3 with
Tsearch
> > from the contrib dir, but at various times the performance of the
> > database would suddenly and rapidly deteriate so that queries which
> > previously took 500ms then took 8 or 9 seconds.
> Hmm, what are the before and after explain analyze results? Also,
what
> are your conf settings for shared buffers, sort memory and the fsm
> parameters?
shared_buffers = 40960
sort_mem = 20480
#max_fsm_relations = 1000
#max_fsm_pages = 10000
As you can see I've not uncommented or touched the fsm parameters, I
have no idea what they do. Optimisation wise I have only played with
shared_buffers, sort_mem and max_connections.
> > The only cure is a backup and restore of the database
> Did you do a regular vacuum or vacuum full? If only the former, it's
> possible that you need to either vacuum more frequently and/or raise
the
> free space map settings in your configuration file.
I've been running this daily:
vacuumdb -h localhost -a -z
Should I be using the full switch then?
I'll get back to you on the other questions if you think they are still
needed.
> pgsql-performance is a better list, so I've replied to there. You'll
> probably need to join in order to reply to list.
Thanks, especially for not shouting at me heh, this is stressful enough
as it is.
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