Hi, On 2016-08-20 08:38:43 +0000, debasis.moharana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I have a PostgreSQL 9.5 instance running on Windows 8 machine with 4GB of > RAM.This server is mainly used for inserting/updating large amounts of data > via copy/insert/update commands, and seldom for running select queries. > > Here are the relevant configuration parameters I changed: > > max_connections = 100 > shared_buffers = 512MB > effective_cache_size = 3GB > work_mem = 12233kB > maintenance_work_mem = 256MB > min_wal_size = 1GB max_wal_size = 2GB > checkpoint_completion_target = 0.7 > wal_buffers = 16MB > default_statistics_target = 100 > > After setting in postgresql.conf. I run the select query to fetch large > amount of record of 29000 in postgresql but it takes 10.3 seconds but the > same query takes 2 seconds for execution in MSSQL. > > So my query is how to improve the perfermance in postgresql. Please provide the output EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS) yourquery; and your query. Then we'll possibly be able to help you - atm we don't have enough information. Regards, Andres -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance