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From Alexey Vasiliev
Subject Why shared_buffers max is 8GB?
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Responses Re: Why shared_buffers max is 8GB?  (Ilya Kosmodemiansky <ilya.kosmodemiansky@postgresql-consulting.com>)
Re: Why shared_buffers max is 8GB?  (Alexey Klyukin <alexk@hintbits.com>)
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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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