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What fillfactor for caching table?

I have heavily updated / accessed table where I store serialized java objects. They are in the table for 2-3 hours (also are being updated during that period) and then removed. Size of table is around ...
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Something wrong in pg_hba.conf

this my configuration: #postgres.conf: listen_addresses = 'localhost' #pg_hba.conf: local all postgres md5 local all appuser trust local all devuser trust local all all peer i'm connecting in ...
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1answer
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Can't understand results of pg_stat_statements view

I configured my postgresql.conf (my version is 9.1) with the normal persistent configuration: shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_stat_statements,plperl' custom_variable_classes = ...
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1answer
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Optimal PostgreSQL setup for Windows 2008 R2

I have PostgreSQL 9.2 setup on Windows 2008 R2 64bit with 96 gigs of RAM and 8 cores. What would the optimal settings be for shared_buffers, effective_cache_size, work_mem, etc.? I realize that these ...
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PostgreSQL: Recommendation size for shared_buffers

I am rather new to PostgreSQL. I started migrating some MySQL databases to PostgreSQL one month ago. I am looking for help about the proper memory values for the configuration file. Currently, I ...
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Why doesn't more memory necessarily make Postgres more performant?

The Postgres resource consumption docs state, under the shared_buffers: ...it is unlikely that an allocation of more than 40% of RAM to shared_buffers will work better than a smaller amount. Why ...
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255 views

Can't start postgres server, SHMMAX too small

When I try to start the postgres server with sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql start I get this error: Starting PostgreSQL 8.4 database server: mainThe PostgreSQL server failed to start. Please check ...
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1answer
319 views

Postgres: Server does not listen even listen_addresses is set to '*' in postgresql.conf

I've set listen_addresses to '*' in postgresql.conf and stopped/started Postgres to "reload" configs. Even then, psql SHOW listen_addresses; is showing localhost. I'm sure I've edited and saved the ...
2
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1answer
336 views

How to make it impossible for a postgres user to delete databases?

What yould be the sql statement (that the user postgres will execute) so it will be impossible for the postgres user user1 to delete (drop) databases? Or can I add a rule into some config file?
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Postgresql Cost-Based Vacuum Delay parameters

How to set the these parameters on postgresql.conf ? What I should consider while setting them? What should I monitor? #vacuum_cost_delay = 0ms #vacuum_cost_page_hit = 1 ...