Re: PostgreSQL Process memory architecture - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Atri Sharma
Subject Re: PostgreSQL Process memory architecture
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL Process memory architecture  (Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com>)
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> An index is built in backend process's local memory, but, when
> accessing, index pages are stored in shared memory. That is, for
> example, when an index scan is performed, index pages are brought into
> shared memory and accessed from there.
>
>

Yes, brought into the shared disk buffers and read,just like tables are read.

Regards,

Atri


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Atri
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