On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 2:17 AM Ron <ronljohnsonjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/runtime-config-resource.html > > The docs say, "If you have a dedicated database server with 1GB or more of > RAM, a reasonable starting value for shared_buffers is 25%". > > But that's pretty archaic in 2018. What if the dedicated database server > has 128GB RAM? I agree, we might as well drop the words "with 1GB of more of RAM". That's the size of the very smallest cloud instances available these days, available for free or up to a few bucks a month, and for physical servers I wonder if you can still get DIMMs that small. -- Thomas Munro http://www.enterprisedb.com