Re: proposal: Set effective_cache_size to greater of .conf value, shared_buffers

On 09/11/2013 08:27 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 09:18:30AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 03:08:24PM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
>>> Another argument in favor: this is a default setting, and by default,
>>> shared_buffers won't be 25% of RAM.
>>
>> So, are you saying you like 4x now?

I still prefer 3X.  However, I acknowledge that there are legitimate
arguments for higher values for a *default*.

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