From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 5 19:34:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA2BA16A417 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:34:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from plathrop@squaretrade.com) Received: from mail.squaretrade.com (backup-mx.squaretrade.com [64.56.206.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63ACC43D82 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:34:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from plathrop@squaretrade.com) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mail.squaretrade.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18A2D27A4C57; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 12:34:53 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at squaretrade.com Received: from mail.squaretrade.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (knockout.prod.squaretrade.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id rlpEZ-Ke6itz; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 12:34:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.219.1] (unknown [192.168.219.1]) by mail.squaretrade.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1ABD127A4C2B; Thu, 5 Oct 2006 12:34:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <45255E55.9020403@squaretrade.com> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:34:45 -0700 From: Paul Lathrop User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060922) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Swiger References: <45254F1D.5000106@squaretrade.com> <45255976.10903@squaretrade.com> <219E170E-5622-4085-90EF-3E2784EFE0AB@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <219E170E-5622-4085-90EF-3E2784EFE0AB@mac.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig37655C4725E4708CCB5B7939" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PAE tuning X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:34:56 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig37655C4725E4708CCB5B7939 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Oct 5, 2006, at 12:13 PM, Paul Lathrop wrote: > You should tune the network stack settings towards LAN use (shorter > timeouts, larger send & receive buffers); you should probably tune down= > the # of vnodes, adjust SysV shared memory as Postgres recommends: > Update your BIOS and then check the settings; there may be an option > explicitly for PAE, or you might find that tweaking something like "PCI= > memory reservation", "4GB memory hole", or "MTRR mapping" between the > options will help make the extra memory appear. Chuck, Many thanks for your advice. Is this information gleaned from experience or is there an information resource out there that I might utilize in the future when I deploy other applications? Regards, Paul Lathrop --------------enig37655C4725E4708CCB5B7939 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFJV5XX6ecHn3cW4kRApN4AJwM3DM2KEKwu6HmvRTx6RG4VmR6zwCfWWPP 64tHQ1ybzLLeM5yltjAY7GE= =f7nN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig37655C4725E4708CCB5B7939--