On Jan 24, 2008 1:01 PM, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx> > I'll give you a little hint about postgresql.conf...tuning shared > buffers rarely has a huge impact on performance...the o/s will oops. i meant to say the o/s will cache the files just fine...the setting that _does_ affect query performance is work_mem, but this applies to queries on a case by case basis. merlin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org