Re: Insert are going slower ... - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Hervé Piedvache
Subject Re: Insert are going slower ...
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Msg-id 200407141608.27116.herve@elma.fr
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In response to Re: Insert are going slower ...  (Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar@frodo.hserus.net>)
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Le mercredi 14 Juillet 2004 12:13, Shridhar Daithankar a écrit :
> gnari wrote:
> > is there a recommended procedure to estimate
> > the best value for effective_cache_size on a
> > dedicated DB server ?
>
> Rule of thumb(On linux): on a typically loaded machine, observe cache
> memory of the machine and allocate good chunk of it as effective cache.
>
> To define good chunck of it, you need to consider how many other things are
> running on that machine. If it is file server + web server + database
> server, you have to allocate the resources depending upon requirement.
>
> But remember It does not guarantee that it will be a good value. It is just
> a starting point..:-) You have to tune it further if required.

In my case it's a PostgreSQL dedicated server ...

effective_cache_size = 5000000

For me I give to the planner the information that the kernel is able to cache
5000000 disk page in RAM

>free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:       7959120    7712164     246956          0      17372    7165704
-/+ buffers/cache:     529088    7430032
Swap:      2097136       9880    2087256

What should I put ?

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