Re: Better Unilization of Memory

Doug,

Thanks... Looks like I need to do some tuning!
Lynn

Quoting Doug McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>:

> Lynn(dot)Tilby(at)asu(dot)edu writes:
>
> > In looking at top, I have noticed when doing some
> > long queries that RAM memory is only being used
> > at 1-3%. While, CPU often jumps to 97, 98, even
> > 99% utilization (which is great!).
> >
> > Is this normal for RAM utilization?
>
> It depends on what you have set shared_buffers to in your
> postgresql.conf file. If you have not tuned this value yet you should
> do so as the default setting is very conservative.
>
> There is a lot of discussion on appropriate shared_buffers settings if
> you search the mailing list archives...
>
> -Doug
>