"Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure 'at' gmail.com> writes: > On 01 Sep 2006 19:00:52 +0200, Guillaume Cottenceau <gc@xxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've been looking at the results from the pg_statio* tables, to > > view the impact of increasing the shared buffers to increase > > performance. > > > > I think 'shared buffers' is one of the most overrated settings from a > performance standpoint. however you must ensure there is enough for > things the server does besides caching. It used to be a bigger deal "Beside caching".. It's unfornatunate that the documentation on pg.org is very vague about the actual use(s) of the shared buffers :/ -- Guillaume Cottenceau Create your personal SMS or WAP Service - visit http://mobilefriends.ch/