Re: postgres in swap space

Putting memory pages to swap is the decision of the linux virtual memory 
manager not postgres.  If your db machine is swapping, first make sure 
you have set sensible values for the ram related settings like 
shared_buffers (25%), effective_cache_size (75%) and work_mem (keep it 
modest at 4 to 16 MB).

On 11/17/25 12:25 PM, Marc Millas - marc.millas at mokadb.com wrote:
> hello,
> Can someone point me to any doc describing why and how much space 
> postgres uses on the swap of a debian machine ?
> it's an old postgres 10, because it is used by a product for which 
> only this version is certified.
> (no comment on that, please)
>
> regards
>
> Marc MILLAS
> Senior Architect
> +33607850334
> www.mokadb.com <http://www.mokadb.com>
>
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regards,
Kiriakos Georgiou