I've got this explain: http://explain.depesz.com/s/Xh9 And these settings: default_statistics_target = 50 # pgtune wizard 2010-08-17 maintenance_work_mem = 1GB # pgtune wizard 2010-08-17 constraint_exclusion = on # pgtune wizard 2010-08-17 checkpoint_completion_target = 0.9 # pgtune wizard 2010-08-17 effective_cache_size = 36GB # sam work_mem = 288MB # pgtune wizard 2010-08-17 wal_buffers = 8MB # pgtune wizard 2010-08-17 #checkpoint_segments = 16 # pgtune wizard 2010-08-17 checkpoint_segments = 30 # sam shared_buffers = 11GB # pgtune wizard 2010-08-17 max_connections = 80 # pgtune wizard 2010-08-17 cpu_tuple_cost = 0.0030 # sam cpu_index_tuple_cost = 0.0010 # sam cpu_operator_cost = 0.0005 # sam #random_page_cost = 2.0 # sam I'm not understanding why it is sorting on disk if it would fit within a work_mem segment - by a fairly wide margin. Is there something else I can do to get that sort to happen in memory? -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance