From: Shaun Thomas <sthomas@optionshouse.com>
To: Claudio Freire <klaussfreire@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Tons of free RAM. Can't make it go away.
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:49:49 -0500
Message-ID: <5085873D.60400@optionshouse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGTBQpZA+_fL=D_E0F8jmpdTcTePgkSQGMFEtoWN7OyWuDnOeQ@mail.gmail.com>
References: <508583E4.8080102@optionshouse.com>
<CAGTBQpZA+_fL=D_E0F8jmpdTcTePgkSQGMFEtoWN7OyWuDnOeQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 10/22/2012 12:44 PM, Claudio Freire wrote:
> Maybe there's just nothing to put inside?
> How big is your database? How much of it gets accessed?
Trust me, there's plenty. We have a DB that's 6x larger than RAM that's
currently experiencing 6000TPS, and according to iostat, anywhere from
20-60% disk utilization that's mostly reads.
It's pretty aggressively keeping that 14GB free, and it's driving me
nuts. :)
--
Shaun Thomas
OptionsHouse | 141 W. Jackson Blvd. | Suite 500 | Chicago IL, 60604
312-444-8534
sthomas@optionshouse.com
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