[SunHELP] problem with pageouts when ram is free

[Nicholas Dronen]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 12:44:53PM -0500, Alex Avriette wrote:
> I'm attempting to optimize the performance of a Postgres database running on
> an Ultra 10 (440mhz). The benchmark I've set up is roughly creating 100,000
> queries and simply executing them. The database postmaster takes about 90%
> of the cpu, and chews up around 100mb of ram. However, when I watch vmstat,
> I can see that pageouts are occurring when 190mb of physical ram is free
> (this according to top(1)).

Which version of Solaris are you using?  Would you mind posting
some vmstat output (e.g, vmstat 5)?

Regards,

Nicholas Dronen