> NB> So far:
>
> NB> shared_buffers = 1/16th of total memory
> NB> effective_cache_size = 80% of the supposed kernel cache.
>
> Please take into account the blocksize compiled into PG, too...
Would anyone object to a patch that exports the blocksize via a
readonly GUC? Too many tunables are page dependant, which is
infuriating when copying configs from DB to DB. I wish pgsql had some
notion of percentages for values that end with a '%'. -sc
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Sean Chittenden