On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Jeff Janes <jeff.ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> @Claudio So you are basically saying that if I have set effective_cache_size
>> to 10GB and I have 10 concurrent processes which are using 10 different
>> indices which are for example 2GB,
>
> It is the size of the table, not the index, which is primarily of
> concern.  However, that mostly factors into how postgres uses
> effective_cache_size, not how you set it.

You're right, I just noticed that a few minutes ago (talk about telepathy).


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