Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:34:45 -0700 From: Paul Lathrop <plathrop@squaretrade.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PAE tuning Message-ID: <45255E55.9020403@squaretrade.com> In-Reply-To: <219E170E-5622-4085-90EF-3E2784EFE0AB@mac.com> References: <45254F1D.5000106@squaretrade.com> <CC3AFB13-8FD9-44AB-A4FB-01F898B491C0@mac.com> <45255976.10903@squaretrade.com> <219E170E-5622-4085-90EF-3E2784EFE0AB@mac.com>
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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--
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