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PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition
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PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition

by Simon Riggs, Gianni Ciolli
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
576 pages
30h 25m
English
Packt Publishing
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For more information, you can refer to http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/kernel-resources.html#SYSVIPC.

For example, on Linux, add the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf:

kernel.shmmax=value

Don't worry about setting effective_cache_size. It is much less important a parameter than you might think. There is no need for too much fuss selecting the value.

If there is heavy write activity, you may want to set wal_buffers to a much higher value than the default. In fact, wal_buffers is automatically set from the value of shared_buffers, following a rule that fits most cases. However, it is always possible to specify an explicit value that overrides the computation for the very few cases where the rule is not good enough. ...

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