On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 15:28 -0400, Steve wrote: > > I'm trying to tune the memory usage of a new machine that has a -lot- of > memory in it (32 gigs). ... > > shared_buffers = 16GB Really? Wow! Common wisdom in the past has been that values above a couple of hundred MB will degrade performance. Have you done any benchmarks on 8.2.x that show that you get an improvement from this, or did you just take the "too much of a good thing is wonderful" approach? Cheers, Andrew. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew @ Catalyst .Net .NZ Ltd, PO Box 11-053, Manners St, Wellington WEB: http://catalyst.net.nz/ PHYS: Level 2, 150-154 Willis St DDI: +64(4)803-2201 MOB: +64(272)DEBIAN OFFICE: +64(4)499-2267 You have an unusual equipment for success. Be sure to use it properly. -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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