Re: Can Postgres cache a table in memory?

On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Kevin Traub wrote:

> Hello all;
>
> I'm trying to speed up a query which returns the majority of a table so and
> index isn't helpful.
> I've got more than enough RAM to hold my table so, can anyone tell me if
> there is there a way to force Postgres to cache a table in RAM?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

You need to tune first of all shared_buffers.
Change the postgres.conf file usual in $PGDATA directory.
Bare in mind that one buffer holds 8k of data.

>
> Thanks;
> -Kevin Traub
>
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