In response to Sim Zacks : > Is there a way to tell what the optimal memory is for a specific > postgresql instance? > > I am configuring Xen virtual machines and I don't want to give it more > then it needs. > > Would looking at the swap be an indication? As soon as it starts to use > swap, that means I need more, but until that point, I have enough? You can't have enough ;-) Fits your DB into the RAM? If you don't have enough, for instance, work_mem, sort-operations performed on disk and not in the ram. That's much slower. So, as i said, you can't have enough ram ;-) Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG: 0x31720C99, 1006 CCB4 A326 1D42 6431 2EB0 389D 1DC2 3172 0C99 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
