Re: PostgreSQL Configuration Tool for Dummies

Campbell, Lance wrote:
> Now I am at the difficult part, what parameters to calculate and how to
> calculate them.  Everything below has to do with PostgreSQL version 8.2:
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> The parameters I would think we should calculate are:
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> max_connections
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> shared_buffers
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> work_mem
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> maintenance_work_mem
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> effective_cache_size
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> random_page_cost
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> Any other variables?  I am open to suggestions.


we also should scale max_fsm_pages according to the database size and
workload answers - I also note that the configuration file it generates
seems to look like on for PostgreSQL 7.x or something - I think we
should just include the specific parameters to change.


Stefan