Daniel,

> > I just wondered if there is a possibility to map my database running
> > on a linux system completly into memory and to only use disk
> > accesses for writes.
>
> That happens for free, if you have enough RAM.  The kernel will use
> spare RAM to hold copies of every disk block it's ever read.

Also, don't forget to raise your effective_cache_size so that PostgreSQL 
*knows* that you have lots of RAM.

-- 
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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