postgresql not using enough memory? - Mailing list pgsql-admin

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Subject postgresql not using enough memory?
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Msg-id p06020438bcd16fc8a146@[192.168.123.110]
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List pgsql-admin
Hello list,

I know this is a complicated issue, but I'll throw it out there...
Our DB box has 3GB of ram - which is supposed to be used by
postgres.  Whenever I use top, it only shows about 800MB being
used with 2.2GB free.  What can I do to tell postgres to use more
of that memory - maybe 2GB ?

I am running on fedora core 1.  as far as my postgrsql.conf file, here's
the related settings:

vacuum_mem = 16384
max_fsm_pages = 32001
max_fsm_relations = 2000
max_files_per_process = 10000
effective_cache_size = 100000

Also, in my /etc/sysctl.conf file, I have these lines:

# added to allow a single app to have 512MB
kernel.shmall = 536870912
kernel.shmmax = 536870912

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Devin

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