Re: [PERFORM] pg_dump issue

2006-05-30 Thread mcelroy, tim
]8.3G    ./base[PARA]4.0K    ./pg_tblspc[PARA]588K    ./pg_log[PARA]8.8G    .  -Original Message- From:   Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   Tuesday, May 30, 2006 12:20 PM To: mcelroy, tim Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject:    Re: [PERFORM] pg_dump issue "m

Re: [PERFORM] pg_dump issue

2006-05-30 Thread mcelroy, tim
the Engineering staff can find something system related as I doubted and still doubt that it's a postgres issue. Tim  -Original Message- From:   Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   Tuesday, May 30, 2006 11:16 AM To: mcelroy, tim Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.or

[PERFORM] pg_dump issue

2006-05-30 Thread mcelroy, tim
Title: pg_dump issue Good morning, I have identical postgres installations running on identical machines.  Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 870 , 16GB RAM, Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-20 and 120GB worth of disk space on two drives. Recently, I have noticed that my nightly backups take longer on

Re: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues?

2006-05-09 Thread mcelroy, tim
Title: RE: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues? Ok, thank you all again for your help in this matter.  Yes, Michael I (the original poster) did say or imply I guess is a better word for it that a combo of training and hands-on is the best way for one to learn PostgreSQL or just about anything

Re: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues?

2006-05-06 Thread mcelroy, tim
m C. Nasby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   Friday, May 05, 2006 8:35 PM To: mcelroy, tim Cc: 'Michael Stone'; pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject:    Re: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues? On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 10:27:10AM -0400, mcelroy, tim wrote: > Sorry, be

Re: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues?

2006-05-05 Thread mcelroy, tim
Title: RE: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues? Thanks for a great explanation Craig, makes more sense now. Tim  -Original Message- From:   Craig A. James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   Friday, May 05, 2006 10:51 AM To: mcelroy, tim Cc: pgsql-performance

Re: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues?

2006-05-05 Thread mcelroy, tim
0:41 AM To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject:    Re: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues? On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 10:27:10AM -0400, mcelroy, tim wrote: >Sorry, been up all night and maybe provided too much information or not the >right information and only confused folks, tire

Re: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues?

2006-05-05 Thread mcelroy, tim
  -Original Message- From: Dave Dutcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 10:32 AM To: 'mcelroy, tim' Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: RE: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues?   For a standard config most of the memory used by Postgres is

Re: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues?

2006-05-05 Thread mcelroy, tim
tgresql.org Subject:    Re: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues? On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 09:57:58AM -0400, mcelroy, tim wrote: >Are you saying the kernel's disc cache may be getting whacked?  No, I >understand that PG should use as much memory as it can and the system as >well

Re: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues?

2006-05-05 Thread mcelroy, tim
this ran the mem in use jumped up 1G and it hasn't gone down?  Once the PG process has finished its task shouldn't it release the memory it used? Thanks, Tim  -Original Message- From:   Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   Friday, May 05, 2006 9:44 AM To: mcelroy,

Re: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues?

2006-05-05 Thread mcelroy, tim
TED]] Sent:   Friday, May 05, 2006 9:25 AM To: mcelroy, tim Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject:    Re: [PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues? "mcelroy, tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > pg_dump: ERROR:  invalid memory alloc request size 184467440737095516

[PERFORM] Memory and/or cache issues?

2006-05-05 Thread mcelroy, tim
Title: Memory and/or cache issues? Good morning, First the stats:  I'm using PostgreSQL 8.0.1 (I know I should upgrade, cannot due to vendor app. restrictions...), RedHat 9 on a SUN V40Z with 8GB of memory.  I'm using the "out-of-the-box" settings in postgresql.conf.  I've been testing vario

Re: [PERFORM] Vacuum template databases, Urgent: Production probl

2006-03-14 Thread mcelroy, tim
ong.  If so, we should be upgrading soon and it won't be an issue. Thanks, Tim  -Original Message- From:   Jim C. Nasby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   Tuesday, March 14, 2006 4:17 PM To: mcelroy, tim Cc: 'Tom Lane'; pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject:   

Re: [PERFORM] Vacuum template databases, Urgent: Production probl

2006-03-14 Thread mcelroy, tim
Title: RE: [PERFORM] Vacuum template databases, Urgent: Production problem If one adds the '-a' arg to vacuumdb wouldn't that vacuum all databases including template1? Tim  -Original Message- From:   [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]  On Behalf Of Tom Lane Sent:   Tues

Re: [PERFORM] PG Statistics

2006-03-14 Thread mcelroy, tim
PM To: mcelroy, tim Cc: 'pgsql-performance@postgresql.org' Subject:    Re: [PERFORM] PG Statistics Tim, When I have done ODBC load tests with stats_block_level enabled on (20 mins. per test), I've seen about 3-4% performance hit. Your mileage may vary. Steve Poe On Mon,

Re: [PERFORM] PG Statistics

2006-03-14 Thread mcelroy, tim
19 PM To: mcelroy, tim Cc: 'pgsql-performance@postgresql.org' Subject:    Re: [PERFORM] PG Statistics On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 06:49:39PM -0500, mcelroy, tim wrote: > Does anyone know how much of a performance hit turning stats_block_level and > stats_row_level on will in

[PERFORM] PG Statistics

2006-03-13 Thread mcelroy, tim
Title: PG Statistics Good evening, Does anyone know how much of a performance hit turning stats_block_level and  stats_row_level on will incur?  Do both need to be on to gather cache related statistics?  I know the annotated_conf_80 document states to only turn them on for debug but if they'

Re: [PERFORM] pg_reset_stats + cache I/O %

2006-03-09 Thread mcelroy, tim
; (1 row) Thank you, Tim  -Original Message- From:   Jim C. Nasby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   Wednesday, March 08, 2006 10:24 PM To: mcelroy, tim Cc: 'pgsql-performance@postgresql.org' Subject:    Re: [PERFORM] pg_reset_stats + cache I/O % On Wed, Mar

Re: [PERFORM] pg_reset_stats + cache I/O %

2006-03-08 Thread mcelroy, tim
to test any cache tuning changes I may make.  Tim  -Original Message- From:   Jim C. Nasby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   Wednesday, March 08, 2006 1:28 PM To: mcelroy, tim Cc: 'Tom Lane'; 'pgsql-performance@postgresql.org' Subject:    Re: [PERFORM] pg

Re: [PERFORM] pg_reset_stats + cache I/O %

2006-03-08 Thread mcelroy, tim
Original Message- From:   Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:   Tuesday, March 07, 2006 2:37 PM To: mcelroy, tim Cc: 'pgsql-performance@postgresql.org' Subject:    Re: [PERFORM] pg_reset_stats + cache I/O % "mcelroy, tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wri

[PERFORM] pg_reset_stats + cache I/O %

2006-03-07 Thread mcelroy, tim
Title: pg_reset_stats + cache I/O % Good afternoon, Relatively new to PostgreSQL and have been assigned the task of capturing cache I/O % hits.  I figured out (thanks to other posts) how to turn on the capture and what stats to (kind of) capture.  I did find a view in the archives as shown be