# Questions about db\_work\_mem

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**Created:** [May 8, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/questions-about-db-work-mem/189757 "2021-05-08T09:56:04Z")\
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It’s a complicated issue. You can search postgres documentation for details. There are some topics that discuss tuning here

The defaults work reasonably well.

If you are having a problem, you can describe the problem and how much traffic you have and how big your database is.

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