>>>>> "DM" == Dror Matalon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
DM> which brings me back to my question why not make Freebsd use more of its DM> memory for disk caching and then tell postgres about it. Because this is a painfully hard thing to do ;-( It involves hacking a system header file and recompiling the kernel. It is not a simple tunable. It has side effects regarding some other sizing parameter as well, but I don't recall the details. Details have been posted to this list at least once before by Sean Chittenden. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Vivek Khera, Ph.D. Khera Communications, Inc. Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockville, MD +1-301-869-4449 x806 AIM: vivekkhera Y!: vivek_khera http://www.khera.org/~vivek/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend