On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > *) shared_buffers is one of the _least_ important performance settings > in postgresql.conf Yes, and no. It's usually REALLY helpful to make sure it's more than 8 or 24Megs. But it doesn't generally need to be huge to make a difference. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance