Hi Everyone, I manage a freeBSD server that is dedicated to postgresql. The machine has 4 gigs of ram and there is a single database powering a web application that is hosted on a neighboring machine. The web application is mostly reading the database but there are considerable writes and I don't want to tune the machine exclusively for writes. I realize more information would be needed to optimally tune the machine but I am seeking advice on making some sane kernel settings for a general purpose database on a dedicated system. Currently I have: $ cat /etc/sysctl.conf kern.ipc.shmmax=268435456 kern.ipc.shmall=65536 and $ cat /boot/loader.conf kern.ipc.semmni="256" kern.ipc.semmns="512" kern.ipc.semmnu="256" In postgresql.conf I have: max_connections = 180 shared_buffers = 28MB I would like to increase this to 256 connections and make sure the kernel settings are giving postgresql enough breathing room without. I suspect my settings are conservative and since the machine is dedicated to postgresql I would like to give it more resources if they could be used. Any suggestions? culley -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
