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To: Dror Matalon <dror@zapatec.com>
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Subject: Re: Configuring disk cache size on postgress
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Dror Matalon <dror@zapatec.com> writes:
> 1. How much RAM is freebsd using for *disk* caching?

as much as possible.

> 2. Can I tell, and if so how,  how much memory the OS is using for disk
> caching?

generally, no.  it may or may not be approximately the amount reported
as "inact" by systat -vmstat.

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