Re: LAPP server moving from 4 GB RAM to 16 GB - increase shared_buffers?

Alexander Farber <alexander.farber@gmail.com> wrote:
> It works ok, but now users have collected some money and
> I've purchased a better server with 16 GB and CentOS 6 /64 bit.
>
> I understand, that my question is naive, but on the other side
> even if I provide more information, will that really help? -
>
> My question is: should I increase shared_buffers
> from 1024MB to 8192MB, does it make any sense?

I think, 4GB is okay, 8GB too high. You can increase work_mem, but all
depends on your workload...


Andreas
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