Re: [GENERAL] pg installation for dummies

2007-03-20 Thread Tom Lane
Rick Schumeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 1) People often ask about the memory settings in postgresql.conf. Aside from the ones you mentioned, checkpoint_segments is my favorite bottleneck. It doesn't matter for a read-mostly database, but under any sort of write-intensive load you really got

Re: [GENERAL] pg installation for dummies

2007-03-20 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/20/07 10:27, Rick Schumeyer wrote: > I'm writing an article based on my experience setting up a ruby-on-rails > server for a web apps class I'm teaching. My target audience is people > who have a clue, > but are not gurus at the wide collection

[GENERAL] pg installation for dummies

2007-03-20 Thread Rick Schumeyer
I'm writing an article based on my experience setting up a ruby-on-rails server for a web apps class I'm teaching. My target audience is people who have a clue, but are not gurus at the wide collection of software necessary to get a server running. The in-work article is at http://www.schumey