Re: Shared Memory/Shared Buffers

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: alex(at)neteconomist(dot)com
Cc: PgSQL General List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Shared Memory/Shared Buffers
Date: 2005-01-28 16:09:45
Message-ID: 2439.1106928585@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alex Turner <armtuk(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I have noticed that I can't set the shared buffers above 15512 which
> is exactly 128MB of RAM. Even if I set /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax above
> that, postgres refuses to start with a setting over 128MB.

Check your shmall setting, too.

regards, tom lane

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