autovacuum,on,configuration file
checkpoint_completion_target,0.9,configuration file
checkpoint_segments,16,configuration file
client_encoding,UTF8,session
client_min_messages,notice,configuration file
DateStyle,"ISO, MDY",configuration file
deadlock_timeout,5s,configuration file
default_text_search_config,pg_catalog.english,configuration file
effective_cache_size,8GB,configuration file
effective_io_concurrency,6,configuration file
lc_messages,en_US.UTF-8,configuration file
lc_monetary,en_US.UTF-8,configuration file
lc_numeric,en_US.UTF-8,configuration file
lc_time,en_US.UTF-8,configuration file
listen_addresses,*,configuration file
log_checkpoints,on,configuration file
log_connections,on,configuration file
log_destination,stderr,configuration file
log_directory,/dbms/postgresql/logs/dtfdev,configuration file
log_disconnections,on,configuration file
log_duration,off,configuration file
log_error_verbosity,verbose,configuration file
log_filename,postgresql-%a.log,configuration file
log_hostname,on,configuration file
log_line_prefix,"%t [%p]: [%l-1] db=%d,user=%u ",configuration file
log_lock_waits,on,configuration file
log_min_duration_statement,0,configuration file
log_min_error_statement,error,configuration file
log_min_messages,warning,configuration file
log_rotation_age,1d,configuration file
log_rotation_size,500MB,configuration file
log_statement,none,configuration file
log_temp_files,0,configuration file
log_timezone,US/Pacific,configuration file
log_truncate_on_rotation,on,configuration file
logging_collector,on,configuration file
maintenance_work_mem,256MB,configuration file
max_connections,200,configuration file
max_stack_depth,8MB,configuration file
port,2222,configuration file
random_page_cost,2,configuration file
search_path,"acct, ""$user"", public",session
shared_buffers,4GB,configuration file
ssl,on,configuration file
temp_buffers,16MB,configuration file
TimeZone,US/Pacific,configuration file
wal_level,minimal,configuration file
wal_sync_method,fdatasync,configuration file
work_mem,5MB,configuration file
server has 24GB of RAM
from postgresql.conf:
shared_buffers = 4GB
effective_cache_size = 8GB
work_mem = 5MB (note: I increased work_mem to 500MB and repeated the experiment, no difference in exec. time)