Re: EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE
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Msg-id 17970.1055895204@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE  (Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net>)
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Joseph Shraibman <jks@selectacast.net> writes:
> What is the effect of EFFECTIVE_CACHE_SIZE?  What happens if I set it too low or too high?
> Does a higher setting bias the planner more toward seq scans?

No, it'd bias towards indexscans.  IIRC the parameter is only used to
cost indexscans, and a larger value will tend to make indexscans look
cheaper.

            regards, tom lane

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