My database size is :- postgres=# select pg_size_pretty(pg_database_size('pdc_uima_dummy')); pg_size_pretty ---------------- 49 GB (1 row) I have a doubt regarding postgres Memory Usage :- Say my Application makes Connection to Database Server ( *.*.*.106) from (*.*.*.111, *.*.*.113, *.*.*.114) Servers and I check the top command as :-- Say it makes 100 Connections top - 17:01:02 up 5:39, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Tasks: 170 total, 1 running, 169 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 0.2% sy, 0.0% ni, 99.6% id, 0.1% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si, 0.0% st Mem: 16299476k total, 16198784k used, 100692k free, 73776k buffers Swap: 16787884k total, 148176k used, 16639708k free, 15585396k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 3401 postgres 20 0 4288m 3.3g 3.3g S 0 21.1 0:24.73 postgres 3397 postgres 20 0 4286m 119m 119m S 0 0.8 0:00.36 postgres 4083 postgres 20 0 4303m 104m 101m S 0 0.7 0:07.68 postgres 3402 postgres 20 0 4288m 33m 32m S 0 0.2 0:03.67 postgres 4082 postgres 20 0 4301m 27m 25m S 0 0.2 0:00.85 postgres 4748 postgres 20 0 4290m 5160 3700 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 postgres 4173 root 20 0 12340 3028 1280 S 0 0.0 0:00.12 bash 4084 postgres 20 0 4290m 2952 1736 S 0 0.0 0:00.00 postgres 4612 root 20 0 12340 2920 1276 S 0 0.0 0:00.06 bash 4681 root 20 0 12340 2920 1276 S 0 0.0 0:00.05 bash 4550 root 20 0 12208 2884 1260 S 0 0.0 0:00.08 bash 4547 root 20 0 63580 2780 2204 S and free command says :-- [root@s8-mysd-2 8.4SS]# free -g total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 15 15 0 0 0 14 -/+ buffers/cache: 0 15 Swap: 16 0 15 [root@s8-mysd-2 8.4SS]# Now when my job finishes and I close the Connections from 2 Servers , the top & free output remains the same :- I don't know What is the reason behind this as I have only 3 Connections from the below command : postgres=# select datname, client_addr,current_query from pg_stat_activity; datname | client_addr | current_query ----------------+---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------ postgres | | select datname, client_addr,current_query from pg_stat_activity; postgres | 192.168.0.208 | <IDLE> pdc_uima_s9 | 192.168.0.208 | <IDLE> pdc_uima_s9 | 192.168.0.208 | <IDLE> pdc_uima_dummy | 192.168.0.208 | <IDLE> pdc_uima_dummy | 192.168.1.102 | <IDLE> pdc_uima_dummy | 192.168.1.102 | <IDLE> pdc_uima_dummy | 192.168.1.102 | <IDLE> (8 rows) PLease help me to understand how much memory does 1 Connection Uses and how to use Server parameters accordingly. Thanks & best Regards, Adarsh Sharma Raghavendra wrote: Adarsh, |