Re: postgresql recommendation memory - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: postgresql recommendation memory
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Msg-id CAB7nPqRNjXS2M-G0+NyZzbmSKv4cZaLFz7WNyvwTDwhjmu17Mw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: postgresql recommendation memory  (Евгений Селявка <evg.selyavka@gmail.com>)
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On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 8:37 AM, Евгений Селявка <evg.selyavka@gmail.com> wrote:
> I set work_mem to 1/4 from available RAM. I have 32Gb RAM so i set
> shared_buffers to 8Gb.
I am sure you are mentioning shared_buffers here and not work_mem.
work_mem is a per-operation parameter. So if you are using an
operation involving work_mem more than 4 times simultaneously on
different sessions you'll swap pretty quickly ;)
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Michael


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