2010/2/10 Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Can anybody briefly explain me how one postgres process allocate >> memory for it needs? > > There's no real maximum, as it depends on the exact usage. However, in > general postgres tries to keep below the values in work_mem and > maintainence_workmem. Most of the allocations are quite small, but > postgresql has an internal allocator which means that the system only > sees relatively large allocations. These "relatively large allocations" are exactly what I mean. What size are they? Is it right to say that these allocations are work_mem size, or temp_buffers size, or maintainence_workmem size? Or something like. -- antonvm -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
