Oliver <ofabelo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > DB hasn't activity now because it is a new instance, top command > indicates only 350MB of used memory .. I understand that > postgresql could reach until 2GB of server memory as total, > correct? It's usually much better to copy/paste what you're talking about than to just refer to it. On the varieties of Linux I use, if you're talking about the virtual memory, the full size should be included there for every postgres backend process which has connected to it, while only the portion which has been accessed by each backend will be included in its shared or resident memory. -- Kevin Grittner EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company