Re: effective_cache_size on 32-bits postgres

2013/3/18 Rodrigo Barboza <rodrigombufrj(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> So setting this as half of ram, as suggested in postgres tuning webpage
> should be safe?
> It says it is a conservative value...

depends how much memory is used as cache ??

it can be a shared_buffers + file system cache

Regards

Pavel Stehule

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> On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
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>> 2013/3/18 Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>:
>> > Hello
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>> > 2013/3/18 Rodrigo Barboza <rodrigombufrj(at)gmail(dot)com>:
>> >> Hi guys, I am worried about the effective_cache_size.
>> >> I run a 32-bits postgres installation on a machine with 64 bits kernel.
>> >> Should I limit effective_cache_size to a maximum of 2.5gb?
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>> > sure and probably little bit less
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>> wrong reply - Rob has true
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>> Pavel
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>> > Regards
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>> > Pavel
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