From 90322456fe7d302e52cebc57fe7126aa0eb93353 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:47:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add "tuning" section to install instructions.
---
doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index df7149b1fff..ea445bed664 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.143 2003/09/13 17:01:09 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.144 2003/09/26 17:47:44 momjian Exp $ -->
<chapter id="installation">
<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
@@ -1155,6 +1155,26 @@ All of PostgreSQL is successfully made. Ready to install.
<sect1 id="install-post">
<title>Post-Installation Setup</title>
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Tuning</title>
+
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>tuning</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <para>
+ By default, <productname>PostgreSQL</> is configured to run on minimal
+ hardware. This allows it to start up with almost any hardware
+ configuration. However, the default configuration is not designed for
+ optimum performance. To achieve optimum performance, several server
+ variables must be adjusted, the two most common being
+ <varname>shared_buffers</varname> and <varname> sort_mem</varname>
+ mentioned in <xref linkend="runtime-config-resource-memory">. Other
+ paramters in <xref linkend="runtime-config-resource"> also affect
+ performance.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
<sect2>
<title>Shared Libraries</title>
--
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