Re: Various performance questions - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Vivek Khera
Subject Re: Various performance questions
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In response to Various performance questions  (Dror Matalon <dror@zapatec.com>)
Responses Re: Various performance questions  (Dror Matalon <dror@zapatec.com>)
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>>>>> "DM" == Dror Matalon <dror@zapatec.com> writes:

DM> effective_cache_size = 25520  -- freebsd forumla: vfs.hibufspace / 8192

DM> 1. While it seems to work correctly, I'm unclear on why this number is
DM> correct.  25520*8 = 204160 or 200 Megs. On a machine with 2 Gigs it
DM> seems like the number should be more like 1 - 1.5 Gigs.

Nope, that's correct...


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