Re: PG8.1 - Config file check - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Chris Hoover
Subject Re: PG8.1 - Config file check
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Msg-id 1d219a6f0512200712k6c6b3890u8832f042f53deacc@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: PG8.1 - Config file check  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 12/19/05, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Chris Hoover <revoohc@gmail.com> writes:
> > We are in the process of upgrading our 7.3.4 servers to 8.1, and I
> > wanted to have a sanity check ran against my config file.  Do you see
> > any issues with these configs?
>
> > work_mem = 4096                 # min 64, size in KB
>
> This seems a bit low in context, although it depends heavily on what
> sort of query mix you expect, which you said nada about.
>
>                         regards, tom lane
>
Sorry for got to mention that.

We are running a typical OLTP system with some reporting done against it.

What value would you recommend as a starting point for the work_mem.
This value has come over verbatim from the 7.3.4 installs.

Also, is it safe and/or advised to leave these at these high levels?
maintenance_work_mem to 1GB (1048576)
checkpoint_segements to 256
checkpoint_timeout to 1800 seconds (30 minutes)

Thanks,

Chris

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