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authorBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2011-02-01 15:23:35 -0500
committerBruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>2011-02-01 15:23:35 -0500
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Document that effective cache size does not assume data remains in the
cache between queries.
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@@ -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>
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