Re: How much memory is PostgreSQL using - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Guillaume Lelarge
Subject Re: How much memory is PostgreSQL using
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Msg-id 4BB72D6B.7080009@lelarge.info
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In response to Re: How much memory is PostgreSQL using  ("Campbell, Lance" <lance@illinois.edu>)
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Le 02/04/2010 22:10, Campbell, Lance a écrit :
> Greg,
> Thanks for your help.
>
> 1) How does the number of buffers provided by pg_buffercache compare to
> memory (buffers * X = Y meg)?

1 buffer is 8 KB.

> 2) Is there a way to tell how many total buffers I have available/max?

With pg_buffercache, yes.

SELECT count(*)
FROM pg_buffercache
WHERE relfilenode IS NOT NULL;

should give you the number of non-empty buffers.


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