> Also, a 32-bit machine can only hold so much RAM. If I'm correct, there > are ways to address more memory than that on a 32 bit machine, but I > wonder at what cost? In other words, is it a good idea to address more > than 4GB on a 32 bit machine? If not, is it a reasonable choice to > invest in 64 bit if you want >4GB of RAM? Or are you better off just > spending the money on RAID and staying at 4GB?
It entirely depends on the database but not that the 32bit limit of 4GB is per CPU. So if you have 4 CPUs you can have 16GB of ram. However, you should be running Opterons anyway. J > > Regards, > Jeff Davis > > PS: A minor typo in "Disk and WAL" -> "checkpoint_segments": > s/Depening/Depending/ > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings -- Command Prompt, Inc., Your PostgreSQL solutions company. 503-667-4564 Custom programming, 24x7 support, managed services, and hosting Open Source Authors: plPHP, pgManage, Co-Authors: plPerlNG Reliable replication, Mammoth Replicator - http://www.commandprompt.com/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
