Thread: Changing the buffer size

I want to change the buffer size of pgsql server, other than default size.
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monu agrawal wrote:

> I want to change the buffer size of pgsql server, other than default size.
> How can I do that.

You need to edit postgresql.conf in the data directory.

HTH

  Bye
   Shridhar

Shridhar Daithankar wrote:

> monu agrawal wrote:
>
> > I want to change the buffer size of pgsql server, other than default size.
> > How can I do that.
>
> You need to edit postgresql.conf in the data directory.

And restart Postgres after modification by : pg_ctl reload


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Thierry Missimilly wrote:
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> Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
>
> > monu agrawal wrote:
> >
> > > I want to change the buffer size of pgsql server, other than default size.
> > > How can I do that.
> >
> > You need to edit postgresql.conf in the data directory.
>
> And restart Postgres after modification by : pg_ctl reload

He needs pg_ctl restart, rather than reload because reload doesn't
restart the server and that param is only honored on postmaster startup.

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