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Revised March 2016 (4.3.8.0) 2 Contents Installation Guide Contents Chapter 1: Preface.......................................................................................6 About This Guide................................................................................................................................ 7 About the Greenplum Database Documentation Set..........................................................................8 Document Conventions....................................................................................................................... 9 Command Syntax Conventions................................................................................................ 9 Getting Support................................................................................................................................. 10 Product information and Technical Support........................................................................... 10 Chapter 2: Introduction to Greenplum.................................................... 11 The Greenplum Master..................................................................................................................... 12 Master Redundancy................................................................................................................12 The Segments................................................................................................................................... 13 Segment Redundancy............................................................................................................ 13 Example Segment Host Hardware Stack...............................................................................14 Example Segment Disk Layout.............................................................................................. 15 The Interconnect................................................................................................................................17 Interconnect Redundancy.......................................................................................................17 Network Interface Configuration............................................................................................. 17 Switch Configuration...............................................................................................................18 ETL Hosts for Data Loading............................................................................................................. 20 Greenplum Performance Monitor...................................................................................................... 22 Chapter 3: Estimating Storage Capacity.................................................23 Calculating Usable Disk Capacity..................................................................................................... 24 Calculating User Data Size...............................................................................................................25 Calculating Space Requirements for Metadata and Logs................................................................ 26 Chapter 4: Configuring Your Systems and Installing Greenplum.........27 System Requirements....................................................................................................................... 28 Setting the Greenplum Recommended OS Parameters...................................................................30 Linux System Settings............................................................................................................30 Mac OS X System Settings................................................................................................... 32 Running the Greenplum Installer...................................................................................................... 34 Installing and Configuring Greenplum on all Hosts.......................................................................... 36 About gpadmin........................................................................................................................36 Confirming Your Installation................................................................................................... 37 Installing Oracle Compatibility Functions.......................................................................................... 38 Installing Greenplum Database Extensions...................................................................................... 39 Creating the Data Storage Areas......................................................................................................40 Creating a Data Storage Area on the Master Host................................................................40 Creating Data Storage Areas on Segment Hosts.................................................................. 40 Synchronizing System Clocks........................................................................................................... 42 Enabling iptables............................................................................................................................... 43 Example iptables Rules..........................................................................................................43 Next Steps......................................................................................................................................... 46 3 Contents Installation Guide Chapter 5: Validating Your Systems....................................................... 47 Validating OS Settings...................................................................................................................... 48 Validating Hardware Performance.................................................................................................... 49 Validating Network Performance............................................................................................ 49 Validating Disk I/O and Memory Bandwidth..................................................................................... 51 Chapter 6: Configuring Localization Settings........................................ 52 About Locale Support in Greenplum Database................................................................................ 53 Locale Behavior...................................................................................................................... 54 Troubleshooting Locales.........................................................................................................54 Character Set Support...................................................................................................................... 55 Setting the Character Set..................................................................................................................58 Character Set Conversion Between Server and Client.....................................................................59 Chapter 7: Initializing a Greenplum Database System.......................... 61 Overview............................................................................................................................................ 62 Initializing Greenplum Database....................................................................................................... 63 Creating the Initialization Host File........................................................................................ 63 Creating the Greenplum Database Configuration File........................................................... 64 Running the Initialization Utility.............................................................................................. 64 Setting Greenplum Environment Variables....................................................................................... 66 Next Steps......................................................................................................................................... 67 Allowing Client Connections................................................................................................... 67 Creating Databases and Loading Data..................................................................................67 Chapter 8: Installation Management Utilities..........................................68 gpactivatestandby.............................................................................................................................. 69 gpaddmirrors......................................................................................................................................71 gpcheck..............................................................................................................................................75