Re: OT: Performance of VM

2018-02-13 Thread Mark Kirkwood
On 11/02/18 00:20, Robert Klemme wrote: On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Andrew Kerber wrote: Have them check the memory and CPU allocation of the hypervisor, make sure its not overallocated. Make sure the partitions for stroage are aligned (see here: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/08/g

Re: OT: Performance of VM

2018-02-10 Thread Andrew Kerber
I am consultant that specializes in virtualizing oracle enterprise level workloads. I’m picking up Postgres as a secondary skill. You are right if you don’t manage it properly, you can have problems running enterprise workloads on vm s. But it can be done with proper management. And the HA and

Re: OT: Performance of VM

2018-02-10 Thread Robert Klemme
On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 5:22 PM, Andrew Kerber wrote: > Have them check the memory and CPU allocation of the hypervisor, make sure > its not overallocated. Make sure the partitions for stroage are aligned (see > here: > https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/08/guest-os-partition-alignment.html) > .

Re: OT: Performance of VM

2018-02-05 Thread Andreas Kretschmer
Am 05.02.2018 um 17:22 schrieb Andrew Kerber: Oracle has a problem with transparent hugepages, postgres may well have the same problem, so consider disabling transparent hugepages. yes, that's true. Regards, Andreas -- 2ndQuadrant - The PostgreSQL Support Company. www.2ndQuadrant.com

Re: OT: Performance of VM

2018-02-05 Thread Andrew Kerber
Have them check the memory and CPU allocation of the hypervisor, make sure its not overallocated. Make sure the partitions for stroage are aligned (see here: https://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2011/08/guest-os-partition-alignment.html) . Install tuned, and enable the throughput performance profile. O

Re: OT: Performance of VM

2018-02-05 Thread Andreas Kretschmer
Am 05.02.2018 um 14:14 schrieb Thomas Güttler: What do you suggest to get some reliable figures? sar is often recommended, see https://blog.2ndquadrant.com/in-the-defense-of-sar/. Can you exclude other reasons like vacuum / vacuum freeze? Regards, Andreas -- 2ndQuadrant - The PostgreSQ