On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Mike Ivanov<mikei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > 3G of cached swap >> and it's not swap that's cached, it's >> the kernel using extra memory to cache data to / from the hard drives. >> > > Oh please.. it *is*: > http://www.linux-tutorial.info/modules.php?name=MContent&pageid=314 Also think about it, the OP has 8G of swap and 30Gig cached. How / why would you be caching 30Gigs worth of data when there's only 8G to cache anyway? -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance