Re: proper tuning for restoring from pg_dump in 8.3.7 - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From David Kerr
Subject Re: proper tuning for restoring from pg_dump in 8.3.7
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Msg-id 20100714213533.GA43630@mr-paradox.net
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In response to Re: proper tuning for restoring from pg_dump in 8.3.7  ("Burgholzer, Robert (DEQ)" <Robert.Burgholzer@deq.virginia.gov>)
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On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 05:30:17PM -0400, Burgholzer, Robert (DEQ) wrote:
- >.  The options I suggested be turned off just for the load process
- > ...
- > not safe if the other databases are in the same PostgreSQL Cluster
-
- They are, so I won't --- thanks for the heads up on that too.
-
- Just for posterity, here is the systems specs (from my hardware guy):
- DEQ1 is on centos 5.3
- W/ 1.5Tb striped system volumes using a pair of standard 7600 rpm sata
- drives.  These are on system 3 gbit/s ports.

So that makes total sense. you're flooding your disks/controller doing
the massive amount of writing that's involved with the restore.

Dave

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