PostgreSQL Performance - Re: Best OS & Configuration for Dual Xeon w/4GB & Adaptec

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Re: Best OS & Configuration for Dual Xeon w/4GB & Adaptec

Vivek Khera

2006-03-21, 11:33 am

On Mar 21, 2006, at 6:03 AM, Mark Kirkwood wrote:

> The so-called limit (controllable via various sysctl's) is on the
> amount of memory used for kvm mapped pages, not cached pages, i.e -
> its a subset of the cached pages that are set up for immediate
> access (the

Thanks... now that makes sense to me.

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