> If you have the ram, does pg need to be optimized to store more data in ram?
>
> -r
I would recommend increasing the number of PostgreSQL shared buffers
with the PostgreSQL -B switch. You can read my new performance article:
http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/performance/index.html
It talks about memory usage and performance.
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