Peter Steinheuser <psteinheuser(at)myyearbook(dot)com> writes:
> Parameters like shared_buffers, work_mem are the ones you'll probably need
> to adjust.
> Work_mem is per user, and can actually be multiples per user, depending on
> what you're doing.
temp_buffers is per-process too --- if there's heavy use of temp tables
in this application, that could be the problem.
regards, tom lane