"George Sexton" <georges@mhsoftware.com> wrote:
> Could someone please explain what the role of shared buffers is?
This Wiki page might be useful to you:
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Tuning_Your_PostgreSQL_Server
The short answer (from that page) is:
"The shared_buffers configuration parameter determines how much
memory is dedicated to PostgreSQL use for caching data."
-Kevin