From: Guillaume Cottenceau <gc@mnc.ch>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: increasing shared buffers: how much should be removed from OS filesystem cache?
Date: 04 Sep 2006 14:10:14 +0200
Message-ID: <87ac5fhly1.fsf@meuh.mnc.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b42b73150609011249p612ccd27gbb5ee4db9b5b10f4@mail.gmail.com>
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<b42b73150609011249p612ccd27gbb5ee4db9b5b10f4@mail.gmail.com>
"Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure 'at' gmail.com> writes:
> On 01 Sep 2006 19:00:52 +0200, Guillaume Cottenceau <gc@mnc.ch> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been looking at the results from the pg_statio* tables, to
> > view the impact of increasing the shared buffers to increase
> > performance.
> >
>
> I think 'shared buffers' is one of the most overrated settings from a
> performance standpoint. however you must ensure there is enough for
> things the server does besides caching. It used to be a bigger deal
"Beside caching".. It's unfornatunate that the documentation on
pg.org is very vague about the actual use(s) of the shared
buffers :/
--
Guillaume Cottenceau
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