[postgis-users] Is caching PostGIS database possible

[Javier de la Torre]

I believe that with the correct PostgreSQL configuration, PostgreSQL will cache the data in ram if it is being used and there is enough space. 

I don't think you can force PostgreSQL to read everything and put it in memory, it just happens as it runs. That's why the database seems to be faster after a while running, because PostgreSQL starts caching. 

> On 02/09/2014, at 10:07, Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 10:17:58PM +0300, Ceyhun Ganioglu wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Is it possible to cache a whole PostGIS database? For example:
>> 
>> If a whole database is around 7 GB and the server has 24 GB average
>> available RAM. Is it possible to cache all database to RAM and query
>> the GIS records from RAM instead of disk?
> 
> You could use a RAM disk to store the data.
> In that case you'd better do that only for a slave db, so that your data
> is not lost on rebooting the machine...
> 
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