Greenplum Database Installation Guide

    • Introduction to Greenplum
      High-level overview of the Greenplum Database system architecture.

    • To estimate how much data your Greenplum Database system can accommodate, use these measurements as guidelines. Also keep in mind that you may want to have extra space for landing backup files and data load files on each segment host.
    • Configuring Your Systems and Installing Greenplum
      Describes how to prepare your operating system environment for Greenplum, and install the Greenplum Database software binaries on all of the hosts that will comprise your Greenplum Database system.

    • Validate your operating system settings, hardware, and network.
    • Initializing a Greenplum Database System
      Describes how to initialize a Greenplum Database database system.

    • Information about installing optional Greenplum Database extensions and packages, such as the Procedural Language extensions and the Python and R Data Science Packages.
    • About Implicit Text Casting in Greenplum Database
      Greenplum Database version 4.3.x is based on PostgreSQL version 8.2. Greenplum Database version 5.x is based on PostgreSQL version 8.3. PostgreSQL 8.3 removed automatic implicit casts between the type and other data types. When you migrate from Greenplum Database version 4.3.x to version 5.x, this change in behavior might impact existing applications and queries.

    • References for the command-line management utilities used to install and initialize a Greenplum Database system.
    • Greenplum Environment Variables
      Reference of the environment variables to set for Greenplum Database.