So setting this as half of ram, as suggested in postgres tuning webpage should be safe?
It says it is a conservative value...
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
2013/3/18 Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@xxxxxxxxx>:
wrong reply - Rob has true> Hello
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> 2013/3/18 Rodrigo Barboza <rodrigombufrj@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> Hi guys, I am worried about the effective_cache_size.
>> I run a 32-bits postgres installation on a machine with 64 bits kernel.
>> Should I limit effective_cache_size to a maximum of 2.5gb?
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> sure and probably little bit less
Pavel
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> Regards
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> Pavel