Re: Memory bloating

Bonjour Micah Anderson
>
> Hello,
>
> We are using postgresql exclusively for our database backend for a
> high-traffic site, sustaining 3-4 pages per second, in many cases
> bursting well over that. At least half of those accesses are pgsql
> SELECT, we rarely, if at all, use DELETE. It seems worst on tables with
> more than about 1000 rows or 1000 hits an hour, or both.
Are you doing UPDATE? (that could explaine the frequente need for
vacuum).
If your system is reliable did you try to start postgres
with "-F" option that improve the speed a lot (factor 10).

A bientot
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