# Load test with Discourse

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**Created:** [5 Gennaio 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/load-test-with-discourse/77291 "2018-01-05T07:31:57Z")\
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Also, you may need to tune PostgreSQL to use your memory instead of the disk for sort operations and such.

The settings `work_mem` and `shared_buffers` are the principal ones.

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