How much RAM is too much ? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

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Responses Re: How much RAM is too much ?  ("Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>)
Re: How much RAM is too much ?  (Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>)
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Cost aside, are there any technical factors to consider before increasing RAM (assuming the system can support it) ? Is there a sweet spot beyond which more RAM does not help Postgres or actually harms ?

If my database is only couple of hundred Gigs, can I not just have RAM that big and have read from buffer all the time ?

Thank you !
-AJ

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