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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Starting PostgreSQL 8.0.4 with more memory [FreeBSD
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In response to Re: Starting PostgreSQL 8.0.4 with more memory [FreeBSD  (Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>)
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Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com> writes:
> I was mainly wondering if that behaviour had changed, if, when the data
> are released, they are still held in shared memory until forced out by
> newer / more popular data.  Which would make the buffer pool a real
> cache.

Huh?  It's always done that.

            regards, tom lane

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