On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 03:51:44PM +0200, Denis Gasparin wrote: >> It seems like postgres or the operating system (linux) is keeping in >> cache that old data even if it has been deleted. > > Just remember: "free memory" is "memory you paid for and are not > using" == "wasted memory". The OS knows damn well it's not important > and will throw it out if necessary, but it costs nothing to keep it.
free total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 33031252 24901824 8129428 0 380492 21991100 shhhhh. don't tell me boss we've got 8 gig free in the db servers, he'll want to re-purpose it. Still 20+ Gig of cache is awfully nice. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general