How large is a "buffer" in PostgreSQL
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I am using pg_buffercache module for finding hogs eating up my RAM cache. For example when I run this query:
SELECT c.relname, count(*) AS buffers
FROM pg_buffercache b INNER JOIN pg_class c
ON b.relfilenode = c.relfilenode AND
b.reldatabase IN (0, (SELECT oid FROM pg_database WHERE datname = current_database()))
GROUP BY c.relname
ORDER BY 2 DESC
LIMIT 10;
I discover that sample_table is using 120 buffers.
How much is 120 buffers in bytes?
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