Re: Out of file-descriptors message

From: John Allgood <jallgood(at)the-allgoods(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org, Terry Lee Tucker <terry(at)leetuckert(dot)net>, "J(dot) D(dot) Pearson" <jpearson(at)turbocorp(dot)com>, Geoffrey <esoteric(at)3times25(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Out of file-descriptors message
Date: 2006-11-29 22:03:53
Message-ID: 456E03C9.6070204@the-allgoods.net
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Hey Tom

I assume that if it is the kernel running out of descriptors that I
would get the messages in dmesg. This message only appears in the log
file for that database.

Thanks

Tom Lane wrote:
> John Allgood <john(at)turbocorp(dot)com> writes:
>
>> 2006-11-29 14:57:51 [3823] LOG: out of file descriptors: Too many open
>> files; release and retry
>>
>
> Consider reducing PG's max_files_per_process setting. Postgres itself
> will usually not have a serious problem when you've run the kernel out
> of file descriptors, but everything else on the machine will :-(
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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