Skip to Content
PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition
book

PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition

by Simon Riggs, Gianni Ciolli
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
576 pages
30h 25m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook - Fourth Edition

There's more…

There is an extension called pgfincore that implements a set of functions to manage PostgreSQL data pages in the operating system's file cache. One possible use is to preload some tables so that PostgreSQL will load them faster when requested. The general idea is that you can provide more detailed information for the operating system cache, which can therefore behave more efficiently.

The pgfincore extension is a stable project started in 2009. More details about it are available at http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pgfincore, including the source code. However, it should be noted that most distributions include a prebuilt pgfincore package, which makes installation easier.

There is also a contrib module called pg_prewarm, introduced ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

PostgreSQL 13 Cookbook

PostgreSQL 13 Cookbook

Vallarapu Naga Avinash Kumar
PostgreSQL 9 Administration Cookbook - Second Edition

PostgreSQL 9 Administration Cookbook - Second Edition

Simon Riggs, GIANNI CIOLLI, Hannu Krosing, Gabriele Bartolini

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781788474924Supplemental Content