If you are running on a Linux kernel, try /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches. I
believe the appropriate command is "echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches".
Since Postgres has its own cache of data, the above followed by a PG
restart should do what you are looking for.
Ranga
> Barry Moore wrote:
>
>> I have a very slow query that I'm trying to tune. I think my
>> performance tuning is being complicated by the system's page cache.
>>
>> If a run the query after the system has been busy with other tasks
>> for quite a long time then the query can take up to 8-10 minutes to
>> complete. If I then rerun the same query it will complete in a
>> couple of seconds.
>>
>> Does anyone know how I can repeatedly run the same query in the
>> "worst case scenario" of no postgres data in the disk cache (e.g.,
>> clear the page cache or force it to be ignored)?
>
> In my experience the only 100% reliable way to do this is to reboot the
> machine.
>
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