On 5/30/07, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 05/30/07 01:38, Albe Laurenz wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> Does PG set up buffers at the postmaster level or the database level?
>>
>> If at the database level, then you'll be allocating memory to
>> databases that might not be in use at any one time, thus wasting it.
>> One database buffer pool would make more efficient use of RAM.
>
> Shared memory is allocated at the cluster level.
> See
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/runtime-config-resource.ht
> ml#RUNTIME-CONFIG-RESOURCE-MEMORY
I read that page, but don't see any references to "cluster level".
Maybe I am misinterpreting "cluster"?
Meaning the database cluster:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/creating-cluster.html.
I can understand your confusion though.
merlin
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