Re: PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire(at)neurotica(dot)com>
To: John Klos <john(at)ziaspace(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: port-vax(at)netbsd(dot)org, vax(at)openbsd(dot)org, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL for VAX on NetBSD/OpenBSD
Date: 2014-06-25 14:00:37
Message-ID: 53AAD605.7080402@neurotica.com
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On 06/25/2014 05:30 AM, John Klos wrote:
>> What value did it select for shared_buffers? How much memory does a
>> high-end VAX have? These days, we try to set shared_buffers = 128MB
>> if the platform will support it, but it's supposed to fall back to
>> smaller values if that doesn't work. It will try allocating that much
>> though, at least for a moment, to see whether it can.
>
> A high end VAX, such as a 4000 Model 108, can have 512 megs (as can an
> 11/780, at least in theory), but most of the VAXen used here are
> VAXstations such as the 4000/60 or 4000/90, 90a or 96, which have either
> 104 megs or 128 megs.

My VAX-7000 has 1.5GB. B-)

-Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3
New Kensington, PA

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