"mcelroy, tim" <tim.mcelroy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I see this on all the postgres installations, no matter what I > set the postgresql.conf settings to regarding memory allocation, once > postgres starts up 95% of the memory on the box is used. Is there a way > within Linux to 'see' what or who is actually using this memory? Probably kernel disk cache. Are you under the misimpression that unused memory is a good thing? If a Unix-ish system *isn't* showing near zero free memory under load, the kernel is wasting valuable resources. regards, tom lane
