how to fix problem then when two queries run at the same time, it takes longer to complete then if run in sequence - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Miernik
Subject how to fix problem then when two queries run at the same time, it takes longer to complete then if run in sequence
Date
Msg-id 20080723152112.30A4.0.NOFFLE@turbacz.local
Whole thread Raw
Responses Re: how to fix problem then when two queries run at the same time, it takes longer to complete then if run in sequence  ("Scott Marlowe" <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>)
Re: how to fix problem then when two queries run at the same time, it takes longer to complete then if run in sequence  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Re: how to fix problem then when two queries run at the same time, it takes longer to complete then if run in sequence  (Albert Cervera Areny <albert@sedifa.com>)
List pgsql-performance
I have a PostgreSQL database on a very low-resource Xen virtual machine,
48 MB RAM. When two queries run at the same time, it takes longer to
complete then if run in sequence. Is there perhaps a way to install
something like a query sequencer, which would process queries in a FIFO
manner, one at a time, even if a new query comes before the last one
running is finished, it would not give the new query to the server
before the one running now finishes? That would greatly improve
performance.

Any tips in general for running PostgreSQL on such low-resource machine?

I have:

shared_buffers = 5MB
work_mem = 1024kB

are these good values, or could perhaps changing something improve it a
bit? Any other parameters to look at?

--
Miernik
http://miernik.name/

pgsql-performance by date:

Previous
From: Valentin Bogdanov
Date:
Subject: Re: Perl/DBI vs Native
Next
From: "Scott Marlowe"
Date:
Subject: Re: how to fix problem then when two queries run at the same time, it takes longer to complete then if run in sequence