[Babase] Hunter-Karl phone call

Lacey Maryott lacey.maryott at duke.edu
Tue May 15 14:32:56 EDT 2007


Hey Karl,
   I can do this. Just let me know when it is fixed and I will run the 
queries :)

thanks

Lacey

Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
> On 05/14/2007 12:45:12 PM, Susan Alberts wrote:
>> Karl,
>> Hunter says that he can speak with you tomorrow (Tues) at 2 pm about 
>> RAM and the slow database etc. Can you call him then?
>
> Susan,
>
> Just spoke with Hunter.  We figure more RAM is a good investment.
> He says $200 - $300 and wants your permission before proceeding.
> I'll let you two communicate directly.
>
> Lacey,
>
> Hunter is going to add more swap space, increasing virtual memory,
> this afternoon.  Once he does so I want to try to crash PostgreSQL.
> I'd like you to try running Patrick's and Marie's "bad" queries
> via PPA at the same time, on two different computers,
> and see if the system survives.  I'll write the list when I hear
> back from Hunter.
>
> I'd like the queires run from Duke because you've got the
> fastest network connection to papio and, I think, will place the most
> strain on the system.  You're surely in the best position to
> evaulate the degree of slowness because network slowness is
> less of a factor.
>
> If you want you can make up your own "bad" query and run it
> too.  Do you need my help to run these queries and monitor
> the server or do you have the tools you need?
> (Before, our problem was visable via "top" on the
> line marked "Swap:".  The "free" swap would go to 0
> and postfix (or something else) would crash.)
>
> Karl <kop at meme.com>
> Free Software:  "You don't pay back, you pay forward."
>                  -- Robert A. Heinlein
>
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Lacey Maryott
Alberts Lab
Department of Biology
Duke University
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