Re: Idea about better configuration options for sort memory

From: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jeff <threshar(at)torgo(dot)978(dot)org>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Idea about better configuration options for sort memory
Date: 2004-02-03 01:07:29
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.33.0402021807110.20880-100000@css120.ihs.com
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2004, Tom Lane wrote:

> "scott.marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> writes:
> > any chance of having some kind of max_total_sort_mem setting to keep
> > machines out of swap storms, or would that be a nightmare to implement?
>
> I don't see any reasonable way to do that.

I didn't think there was. just hoping... :-)

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