Re: Feature proposal - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Steve Clark
Subject Re: Feature proposal
Date
Msg-id 4C754DA6.9040103@netwolves.com
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In response to Re: Feature proposal  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: Feature proposal  (Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au>)
List pgsql-general
On 08/25/2010 12:30 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 12:20 -0400, Eric Comeau wrote:
>>
>>> Without even changing any line of data or code in sql !
>>>
>>> Incredible, isn't it ?
>>>
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>> Curious- what postgresql.conf settings did you change to improve it?
>
> The most obvious would be to turn fsync off, sychronous_commit off,
> increase work_mem, increase checkpoint_timeout, increase wal_segments.
>
> JD
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can these be changed on the fly via set commands or does the config file have to be
changed and postgres stopped and restarted.

postgres 8.3.7 on freebsd.

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