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From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: how much mem to give postgres?
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Msg-id 200410192223.24285.josh@agliodbs.com
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In response to how much mem to give postgres?  (Josh Close <narshe@gmail.com>)
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JJosh,

> I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to get my postgres server
> moving faster. It's just crawling right now. It's on a p4 HT with 2
> gigs of mem.

There have been issues with Postgres+HT, especially on Linux 2.4.   Try
turning HT off if other tuning doesn't solve things.

Otherwise, see:
http://www.varlena.com/varlena/GeneralBits/Tidbits/perf.html

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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