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Configuring PostgreSQL for read performance
Our system write a lots of data (kind of Big Data system). The write performance is good enough for our needs but the read performance is really too slow.
The primary key (constraint) structure is ...
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How to tell if database tuning is fruitful (PostgreSQL)
As a DBA, I regularly observe my database, tune up some queries (either getting the programmers to re-write it or add index or update statistics if that's what is needed, etc). I also tune up the ...
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PostgreSQL can't start after tuning some options
I'm having some issues with "too many clients" and I tried to change the max_connections param (currently 100). I tried to set some value like 300, but when I restart the service, I got this
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PostgreSQL performance degradation over time on a write intensive db
I have observed a weird situation that over time the performance of a query (a combination of queries explained below) degrades, meaning at the start of testing (for a few minutes) the time of the ...
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How do you figure out what planner cost constants to use in Postgres?
I'm using Postgres 8.4 right now. Performance has started to become an issue as our tables have grown in size and our queries in complexity, so I've started to look into some performance tuning, but I ...
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How fast should I expect to load data on a high performance computer?
I am considering a model where I use PostgreSQL COPY to copy data from a file into a table. I was wondering what kind of performance to expect on high-end hardware. An interval in MB/s would be nice ...
