From 6c6e6f7fd3ffa984a202b910ef3237e26f9d3c2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 15:23:35 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Document that effective cache size does not assume data remains in the cache between queries. --- doc/src/sgml/config.sgml | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml index 8bdc57febcc..3a0f755b080 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml @@ -2424,7 +2424,9 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF; space. This parameter has no effect on the size of shared memory allocated by <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>, nor does it reserve kernel disk cache; it is used only for estimation - purposes. The default is 128 megabytes (<literal>128MB</>). + purposes. The system also does not assume data remains in + the disk cache between queries. The default is 128 megabytes + (<literal>128MB</>). </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> -- GitLab