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Getting_Started modified by Koichi Suzuki

Koichi Suzuki — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 02:32:32 -0000

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 We advise to read the [documentation](http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/docs/1_1/) carefully before you start. Most of the installation steps are very similar to PostgreSQL but you should take extra care in configuring the Postgres-XC cluster. 

-Configuration and operation using [pgxc_ctl](http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/docs/1_1/pgxc-ctl.html) will be a good shortcut for you to start with. Tutorial will be found in [CHAR(13) presentation material](http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/misc-docs/MiltonKeynes_Presentation.pdf). 
+Configuration and operation using [pgxc_ctl](http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/docs/1_1/pgxc-ctl.html) will be a good shortcut for you to start with. Tutorial will be found in [CHAR(13) presentation material](http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/misc-docs/MiltonKeynes_Presentation.pdf) and [pgxc_ctl primer document](https://sourceforge.net/projects/postgres-xc/files/Pgxc_ctl_primer/). 

 The [Arcitecture document](http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/misc-docs/PG-XC_Architecture.pdf) will give you detailed background as to how Postgres-XC works and how you can configure your Postgres-XC cluster.

Getting_Started modified by Koichi Suzuki

Koichi Suzuki — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 02:32:32 -0000

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 Please visit the [Download] page to find required files and download accordingly. Or you should visit [files](http://sourceforge.net/projects/postgres-xc/files/) page in development page. 

-## Configuring and operating Postgres-XC cluster with pgxc_ctl
+## [ Configuring and operating Postgres-XC cluster with pgxc_ctl](Pgxc_ctl_tutorial_)

-Postgres-XC 1.1 comes with pgxc_ctl tool, which helps Postgres-XC cluster configuration and operation. Please visit [Pgxc_ctl_tutorial]. 
+Postgres-XC 1.1 comes with pgxc_ctl tool, which helps Postgres-XC cluster configuration and operation. Please visit [Pgxc_ctl_tutorial] page.

Getting_Started modified by Koichi Suzuki

Koichi Suzuki — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 02:32:32 -0000

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 The [Arcitecture document](http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/misc-docs/PG-XC_Architecture.pdf) will give you detailed background as to how Postgres-XC works and how you can configure your Postgres-XC cluster.

 Please visit the [Download] page to find required files and download accordingly. Or you should visit [files](http://sourceforge.net/projects/postgres-xc/files/) page in development page. 
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+## Configuring and operating Postgres-XC cluster with pgxc_ctl
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+Postgres-XC 1.1 comes with pgxc_ctl tool, which helps Postgres-XC cluster configuration and operation. Please visit [Pgxc_ctl_tutorial].

Getting_Started modified by Koichi Suzuki

Koichi Suzuki — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 02:32:32 -0000

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 We advise to read the [documentation](http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/docs/1_1/) carefully before you start. Most of the installation steps are very similar to PostgreSQL but you should take extra care in configuring the Postgres-XC cluster. 

-Configuration and operation using [Pgxc_ctl] will be a good shortcut for you to start with. 
+Configuration and operation using [pgxc_ctl](http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/docs/1_1/pgxc-ctl.html) will be a good shortcut for you to start with. Tutorial will be found in [CHAR(13) presentation material](http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/misc-docs/MiltonKeynes_Presentation.pdf). 

 The [Arcitecture document](http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/misc-docs/PG-XC_Architecture.pdf) will give you detailed background as to how Postgres-XC works and how you can configure your Postgres-XC cluster.

Getting_Started modified by Koichi Suzuki

Koichi Suzuki — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 02:32:32 -0000

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 Configuration and operation using [Pgxc_ctl] will be a good shortcut for you to start with. 

-The [Arcitecture_document] will give you detailed background as to how Postgres-XC works and how you can configure your Postgres-XC cluster. 
+The [Arcitecture document](http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/misc-docs/PG-XC_Architecture.pdf) will give you detailed background as to how Postgres-XC works and how you can configure your Postgres-XC cluster. 

 Please visit the [Download] page to find required files and download accordingly. Or you should visit [files](http://sourceforge.net/projects/postgres-xc/files/) page in development page.

Getting_Started modified by Koichi Suzuki

Koichi Suzuki — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 02:32:32 -0000

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 ## Before you start

-We advise to read the documentation carefully before you start. Most of the installation steps are very similar to PostgreSQL but you should take extra care in configuring the Postgres-XC cluster. 
+We advise to read the [documentation](http://postgres-xc.sourceforge.net/docs/1_1/) carefully before you start. Most of the installation steps are very similar to PostgreSQL but you should take extra care in configuring the Postgres-XC cluster. 

-The Installation Manual will be helpful to build and deploy binaries to the cluster. 
+Configuration and operation using [Pgxc_ctl] will be a good shortcut for you to start with. 

-The Tutorial Manual is a guide to install DBT-1 benchmark as a model application. 
-
-The Arcitecture document will give you detailed background as to how Postgres-XC works and how you can configure your Postgres-XC cluster. 
+The [Arcitecture_document] will give you detailed background as to how Postgres-XC works and how you can configure your Postgres-XC cluster. 

 Please visit the [Download] page to find required files and download accordingly. Or you should visit [files](http://sourceforge.net/projects/postgres-xc/files/) page in development page.

Getting_Started modified by Koichi Suzuki

Koichi Suzuki — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 02:32:32 -0000

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 The Arcitecture document will give you detailed background as to how Postgres-XC works and how you can configure your Postgres-XC cluster. 

-Please visit the [[meta:download|download] page to find required files and download accordingly. Or you should visit [files](http://sourceforge.net/projects/postgres-xc/files/) page in development page. 
+Please visit the [Download] page to find required files and download accordingly. Or you should visit [files](http://sourceforge.net/projects/postgres-xc/files/) page in development page.

Getting_Started modified by Koichi Suzuki

Koichi Suzuki — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 02:32:32 -0000

What You Need To Begin Postgres-XC
Before you start

What You Need To Begin Postgres-XC

Starting with Minimum Hardware

You can install the Postgres-XC on a single server, if you want to just try it out and understand how to configure and execute it. You may also install and use different virtual machines for different Postgres-XC component or set of its components.

Although you can install Postgres-XC cluster in single Linux operating system, we advise you to install on multiple Linux virtual machines using Virtual Box or VMWare. The number of virtual machines depends on the Postgres-XC configuration. Please take a look at configuration section in this page.

We advise you to use 64bit architecture Intel machines with at least 4GB of memory even in this case.

You may be able to choose any popular Linux operating system for Intel 64bit architecture. The developemnt team uses CentOS 5.4 for testing and evaluation.

A minimum hardware configuration will be useful to test Postgres-XC features. Of course, if you'd like to better experience how Postgres-XC scales, we advise you to use multiple servers for your cluster.

Multi-node Cluster

You can also configure Postgres-XC on several servers. For example, the Postgres-XC development team is using eleven servers in total to run Postgres-XC and another four servers to generate a workload for performance testing. If possible, we advise to have at least three servers and one additional (slow and inexpensive) server for Postgres-XC, and another (one or more) server to run your application.

Operating Systems

Postgres-XC currently runs on the Linux Operating Systems running on 64-bit Intel(R) processors.

The development team tested this with Cent-OS 5.8.

Before you start

We advise to read the documentation carefully before you start. Most of the installation steps are very similar to PostgreSQL but you should take extra care in configuring the Postgres-XC cluster.

The Installation Manual will be helpful to build and deploy binaries to the cluster.

The Tutorial Manual is a guide to install DBT-1 benchmark as a model application.

The Arcitecture document will give you detailed background as to how Postgres-XC works and how you can configure your Postgres-XC cluster.

Please visit the [[meta:download|download] page to find required files and download accordingly. Or you should visit files page in development page.