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From: Alexey Vasiliev <leopard_ne@inbox.ru>
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Why shared_buffers max is 8GB?
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 16:21:51 +0400
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 I read from several sources, what maximum shared_buffers is 8GB. 

Does this true? If yes, why exactly this number is maximum number of shared_buffers for good performance (on Linux 64-bits)?

Thanks!



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