So setting this as half of ram, as suggested in postgres tuning webpage
should be safe?
It says it is a conservative value...
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>wrote:
> 2013/3/18 Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> > Hello
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > sure and probably little bit less
>
> wrong reply - Rob has true
>
> Pavel
>
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Pavel
>