Re: postgresql.conf.*

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Paul,
>
>> Is there any reason we cannot ship with 3 .conf files?  For each one,
>> note the minimum system configuration required to support it.
>>
>> postgresql.conf.standard  (current)
>> postgresql.conf.medium  (1Gb of RAM, IDE RAID 1 (7200RPM))
>> postgresql.conf.performance (4Gb of RAM, SCSI RAID 10 (10000RPM))
>
> Because too many of the conf parameters are dependant on *exactly* the
> amount of RAM that you have.

When we initdb, we try and come up with a suitable # for shared_buffers
... is there anything we can do to install "recommended values" for some
of the other values that are memory dependent?  At least put them into the
ball park?

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