Received: from makus.postgresql.org (makus.postgresql.org [98.129.198.125]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC9A74DA6A7 for ; Thu, 10 May 2012 04:14:18 -0300 (ADT) Received: from rs133.luxsci.com ([72.32.115.26]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SSNZp-0003lB-TY for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 10 May 2012 07:14:18 +0000 Received: from GNANAM (NSG-Static-236.156.72.182.airtel.in [182.72.156.236] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by rs133.luxsci.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q4A7ClDI003552; Thu, 10 May 2012 02:14:03 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Gnanakumar" To: "'Kevin Grittner'" , References: <00da01cd2ce7$35d17780$a1746680$@com> <00e101cd2cfc$b6140b00$223c2100$@com> <4FA8E99B0200002500047A16@gw.wicourts.gov> <001f01cd2dd0$4187f8d0$c497ea70$@com> <4FAA3F740200002500047A73@gw.wicourts.gov> In-Reply-To: <4FAA3F740200002500047A73@gw.wicourts.gov> Subject: Re: Advice/guideline on increasing shared_buffers and kernel parameters Date: Thu, 10 May 2012 12:41:17 +0530 Organization: Zoniac Software Private Limited Message-ID: <005401cd2e7c$19fb1480$4df13d80$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 12.0 Thread-Index: Ac0t9AhpRIdW8tI1RWyjkt19DvrTTwAhYu/g Content-Language: en-us X-Lux-Comment: Message q4A7ClDI003552 sent by user #22393 X-Pg-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Archive-Number: 201205/53 X-Sequence-Number: 39542 > There have been numerous discussions of this on the lists, so you > can probably find a more in-depth discussion of the topic if you > search the archives, and this may motivate me to put together a Wiki > page on the topic, but here's the general concept. I was really astonished on seeing a great, nice and detailed explanation on this topic. I would like to *really appreciate* your effort and patience in writing down this with your real-time experience. I've already thought of converting this into a document and keep it handy so that I may want to refer back whenever I need. Thanks once again for that great explanation.