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Tune Linux Kernel Parameters For PostgreSQL Optimization

Percona

In this post, we will discuss some important kernel parameters that can affect database server performance and how these should be tuned. You can tune the difference between the two ratios depending on your disk IO load. You can tune other parameters for performance, but the improvement gains are likely to be minimal.

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Data Redundancy With the PostgreSQL Citus Extension

Percona

Depending on the configuration, one can tune a hardware RAID for either performance or redundancy. Now let’s stretch our imagination and consider a second method of high availability, ala Citus. The best way to describe the Citus way of doing things is to reflect how data is managed by a disk RAID array. citus_columnar | 11.1-1

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #2

SQL Server According to Bob

​​ However, the ​​ algorithm ​​ has been ​​ tuned ​​ and the resulting ​​ affect ​​ is ​​ minimal. ​​ Remote mirroring captures writes and duplicates them ​​ remotely.

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