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3 | 3 | <chapter id="installation"> |
4 | 4 | <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]> |
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1155 | 1155 | <sect1 id="install-post"> |
1156 | 1156 | <title>Post-Installation Setup</title> |
1157 | 1157 |
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| 1158 | + <sect2> |
| 1159 | + <title>Tuning</title> |
| 1160 | + |
| 1161 | + <indexterm> |
| 1162 | + <primary>tuning</primary> |
| 1163 | + </indexterm> |
| 1164 | + |
| 1165 | + <para> |
| 1166 | + By default, <productname>PostgreSQL</> is configured to run on minimal |
| 1167 | + hardware. This allows it to start up with almost any hardware |
| 1168 | + configuration. However, the default configuration is not designed for |
| 1169 | + optimum performance. To achieve optimum performance, several server |
| 1170 | + variables must be adjusted, the two most common being |
| 1171 | + <varname>shared_buffers</varname> and <varname> sort_mem</varname> |
| 1172 | + mentioned in <xref linkend="runtime-config-resource-memory">. Other |
| 1173 | + paramters in <xref linkend="runtime-config-resource"> also affect |
| 1174 | + performance. |
| 1175 | + </para> |
| 1176 | + </sect2> |
| 1177 | + |
1158 | 1178 | <sect2> |
1159 | 1179 | <title>Shared Libraries</title> |
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