Re: Starting PostgreSQL 8.0.4 with more memory [FreeBSD

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, Vlad <marchenko(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Starting PostgreSQL 8.0.4 with more memory [FreeBSD
Date: 2005-10-31 22:12:04
Message-ID: 19454.1130796724@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Scott Marlowe <smarlowe(at)g2switchworks(dot)com> writes:
> I was mainly wondering if that behaviour had changed, if, when the data
> are released, they are still held in shared memory until forced out by
> newer / more popular data. Which would make the buffer pool a real
> cache.

Huh? It's always done that.

regards, tom lane

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