Re: effective_cache_size X shared_buffer - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Patrick B
Subject Re: effective_cache_size X shared_buffer
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In response to effective_cache_size X shared_buffer  (Patrick B <patrickbakerbr@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: effective_cache_size X shared_buffer  (Venkata B Nagothi <nag1010@gmail.com>)
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2017-04-03 13:23 GMT+12:00 Patrick B <patrickbakerbr@gmail.com>:
Hi guys.

I'm thinking about increasing the query cache for my PG 9.2 server.
I've got a project happening, which is doing lots and lots of writes and reads during the night, and in the morning I see PG cache warming up again, as all the cache "was used" by those write and read tasks.

So my environment gets very slow for a few hours, until the queries used on a daily basis go to the cache.

Question:
Should I increase effective_cache_size or shared_buffer? What's the difference between them?

Thanks
Patrick

Can I also increase shared_buffer on my slave only? Would that make any difference if using selects on the slave? Or this parameter must be the same across all servers (Master/slaves) ?

Thanks
P.

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