Re: Postgresql.conf file from like 7.x to 9.2

On 04/10/2013 04:25 PM, Tory M Blue wrote:

> Is there an easy/clean way to adapt my old config file to the new stuff,
> I'm not sure what all has changed, so wondering if I just have to go
> line by line and somehow consolidate old to new, area there any tools or
> mechanism to do so?

Ehhh, at that point, it's probably best to just start over. we took the 
annotated postgresql.conf and reevaluated each setting and compared it 
to similar/same settings in our old config. Then we made a file of 
*just* the stuff we changed, and made that the postgresql.conf, and keep 
the annotated version around as defaults.conf to use as a reference. 
That makes it a lot easier to copy between versions or incorporate 
new/modified settings.

Of course, all this will probably be moot when 9.3 comes out, as I 
believe it has the ability to include configuration fragments. Probably 
another good opportunity to clean up your configs.

We jumped from 8.2 to 9.1 in a single upgrade, so while not quite as 
wide as going from 7.x to 9.2, you could probably benefit from a reeval.

The fundamental settings are pretty much the same, so far as I know. 
Settings we always change:

shared_buffers
work_mem
maintenance_work_mem
default_statistics_target
effective_cache_size
random_page_cost
archive_mode
archive_command
archive_timeout
log_checkpoints
log_min_duration_statement

Settings we usually tweak:

autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor
autovacuum_analyze_scale_factor
autovacuum_freeze_max_age

Settings that are new, and could assist in setting up streaming or backups:

wal_level
max_wal_senders

People are getting more and more vocal about increasing cpu_tuple_cost, 
as the default is apparently too low in practice.

Everything else? Salt to taste.

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