How much memory is PostgreSQL using

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PostgreSQL 8.4.3

OS: Linux Red Hat 4.x

 

I changed my strategy with PostgreSQL recently to use a large segment of memory for shared buffers with the idea of caching disk blocks.  How can I see how much memory PostgreSQL is using for this?

 

I tried:

 

ps aux | grep post | sort –k4

 

This lists the processes using memory at the bottom.  Are they sharing memory or using individual their own blocks of memory?

 

When I do top I see that VIRT is the value of my shared buffers plus a tiny bit.  I see %MEM is only 2.4%, 2.6%, 1.0%,1.5%, and 1.1% for all of the running processes.  Do I add these percentages up to see what amount of VIRT I am really using?

 

Or is there some way to ask PostgreSQL how much memory are you using to cache disk blocks currently?

 

When you do a PG_DUMP does PostgreSQL put the disk blocks into shared buffers as it runs?

 

Thanks,

 

Lance Campbell

Software Architect/DBA/Project Manager

Web Services at Public Affairs

217-333-0382

 


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