The Postgres version is 8.3.3 and I am using Fedora Core 8. I have in the actual server around 70 connections the same time. I am assigning for this 100.
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 02:52:05PM -0300, Rafael Domiciano wrote:
> Folks, I am configuring a new Postgres Server, that's gonna substitute the > critical server of the enterprise. > I have a good machine: > Quad-Core 2.5 Ghz > 4 Gb RAM > 1 Dedicated HD 300 Gb Sata for the PostgreSQL Directory
If it's the "critical server", you'd want to use a RAID1 for the disk so your server and data survives a harddisk crash.
> My question is: > How much I could assign for the "Shared Buffers" parameter? > > The default assigned now is 24 Mb.
That's rather low. I suppose, you may safely say 200Mb here (check that you don't run into OS limits, they might need raising). You may also want to increase work_mem, but it depends on what the DB does, how many concurrent connections you have etc. pp. maintenance_work_mem may safely be set rather high - it speeds up vacuum etc. and is only used during such operations. Also look for effective_cache_size and max_fsm_pages.
BTW: What version are you going to use?
Tino.
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