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From	Alexey Vasiliev
Subject	Why shared_buffers max is 8GB?
Date	March 26, 2014 12:23:25
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I read from several sources, what maximum shared_buffers is 8GB.

Does this true? If yes, why exactly this number is maximum number of shared_buffers for good performance (on Linux 64-bits)?

Thanks!

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