Re: Out of file-descriptors message

Hmm, not entirely true. You may well only see the error in the process
itself.

Geoffrey wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> John Allgood wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> Yeah, the point is that you have the max_files_per_process setting
>> higher than what the kernel likes. So decrease it, and Postgres will
>> adjust itself to use less file descriptors by closing and reopening
>> files as needed.
>
> I work with the original poster and wanted to make sure the problem
> here is clear. The 'out of file descriptors' message is coming from
> Postgresql, not the kernel. Thus, it doesn't make sense to me that
> the max_files_per_process setting is too high. I would think we need
> to increase it so that Postgresql will stop generating these errors.
>