On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 01:57:56PM +0200, Peter Bauer wrote: In the update statement, don't wrap the ID values in quotes. At best it's extra work; at worse it will fool the planner into not using the index. > shared_buffers = 1000 # min 16 or max_connections*2, 8KB each This is *way* too small for what you're trying to do. Try a minimum of 10% of memory, and 50% of memory may be a better idea. > #temp_buffers = 1000 # min 100, 8KB each > #max_prepared_transactions = 5 # can be 0 or more > # note: increasing max_prepared_transactions costs ~600 bytes of shared memory > # per transaction slot, plus lock space (see max_locks_per_transaction). > work_mem = 20480 # min 64, size in KB, Making that active might help a lot, but beware of running the machine out of memory... > #max_fsm_pages = 20000 # min max_fsm_relations*16, 6 bytes each Probably needs to get increased. > #bgwriter_delay = 200 # 10-10000 milliseconds between rounds > #bgwriter_lru_percent = 1.0 # 0-100% of LRU buffers scanned/round > #bgwriter_lru_maxpages = 5 # 0-1000 buffers max written/round > #bgwriter_all_percent = 0.333 # 0-100% of all buffers scanned/round > #bgwriter_all_maxpages = 5 # 0-1000 buffers max written/round The background writer might need to be tuned more aggressively. > #checkpoint_warning = 30 # in seconds, 0 is off I'd set that closer to 300 to make sure you're not checkpointing a lot, though keep in mind that will impact failover time. > effective_cache_size = 44800 # typically 8KB each The machine only has 1/2G of memory? > #autovacuum_naptime = 60 # time between autovacuum runs, in secs I'd drop that to 30. > #autovacuum_vacuum_threshold = 1000 # min # of tuple updates before > # vacuum > #autovacuum_analyze_threshold = 500 # min # of tuple updates before > # analyze > #autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor = 0.4 # fraction of rel size before > # vacuum > #autovacuum_analyze_scale_factor = 0.2 # fraction of rel size before > # analyze I'd cut the above 4 in half. -- Jim Nasby jim@xxxxxxxxx EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)
