From: George Sexton <georges@mhsoftware.com>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: shared_buffers
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:04:59 -0700
Message-ID: <05ee01cab3d0$67abeb10$3703c130$@com> (raw)
I'm reading the docs for 8.4.2, section 18.4.1 Memory. I'm trying to figure
out what reasonable values for my usage would be.
The doc says:
shared_buffers (integer)
Sets the amount of memory the database server uses for shared memory
buffers.
While circular definitions are always right, I'm kind of looking for some
information like:
"PostgreSQL uses shared memory buffers for ...."
Could someone please explain what the role of shared buffers is?
George Sexton
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