[ADMIN] cached memory

2007-11-14 Thread dx k9
Hi, In looking at some cacti memory usage graphs, the Oracle servers show only 6 of a total of16 GB of RAM as 'Total Available'. Whereas, our Postgres version 8.24 servers show all 16 GB of RAM totally available or free.Some people are asking why Postgres doesn't take that memory

Re: [ADMIN] cached memory

2007-11-14 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Nov 14, 2007 3:13 PM, dx k9 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >In looking at some cacti memory usage graphs, the Oracle servers show > only 6 of a total of16 GB of RAM as 'Total Available'. Whereas, our > Postgres version 8.24 servers show all 16 GB of RAM totally available or > free.Some p

Re: [ADMIN] cached memory

2007-11-15 Thread dx k9
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Re: [ADMIN] cached memory

2007-11-15 Thread Campbell, Lance
007 8:07 AM To: Scott Marlowe Cc: posgres support Subject: Re: [ADMIN] cached memory Hi Scott, Thanks for the reply. Top is showing 10157008 / 15897160 in kernel cache, so postgres is using 37% right now, following what you are saying. I realize the load isn't peaking right now, bu