On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Samuel Gendler <sgendler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Answered my own question. Cranking work_mem up to 350MB revealed that > the in-memory sort requires more memory than the disk sort. Note that unless you run VERY few client connections, it's usually better to leave work_mem somewhere in the 1 to 32Meg range and have the connection or user or database that needs 350Meg be set there. I.e. <connect> set work_mem='512MB'; <execute query OR alter user memoryhog set work_mem='512MB'; OR alter database memhogdb set work_mem='512MB'; -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
