Re: [PERFORM] Survey: Max TPS you've ever seen

2015-02-12 Thread Gudmundsson Martin (mg)
Hi all! > - checkpoint_segments 1000 > - checkpoint_completion_target 0.9 > - wal_buffers  256MB > - shared_buffers 31 gb > - max_connections 500 I see that some of you are using wal_buffers = 256MB. I was under the impression that Postgres will not benefit from higher value than the segment siz

Re: [PERFORM] Stalls on PGSemaphoreLock

2014-03-27 Thread Gudmundsson Martin (mg)
Hi Pavy! What kernel version/RHEL release are you running on the servers you are experiencing these issues? I'm interested in knowing since I suspect similar issues on some of our database servers. Best regards, Martin > -Original Message- > From: pgsql-performance-ow...@postgresql.org

Re: [PERFORM] Postgresql in a Virtual Machine

2013-11-28 Thread Gudmundsson Martin (mg)
> > > > I would also make sure to check that the hypervisor does write to > permanent storage before returning to the VM with acknowledgement. > > > In the case of ESX, there is no such concern per > http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1008542. Very useful info! > As Heikki commented, VMware recently comp

Re: [PERFORM] Postgresql in a Virtual Machine

2013-11-25 Thread Gudmundsson Martin (mg)
Hi! We have virtualized several hundreds of production databases, mostly Oracle and DB2 but a few postgres as well, and we have seen a very positive effect in doing this. We might loose a little bit in virtualization overhead but have gained a lot in flexibility and managebility. My tips are t