Hacker NewsApr 18, 2025

Memory Size Matters to PostgreSQL

https://pgdba.org/post/2025/04/size_matter/

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Size matter

Nowadays it’s not uncommon to deal with machines with hundreds of GB of RAM. Abundant memory can give PostgreSQL a massive performance boost. However things work slightly different than you may expect. Let’s find out!