Re: postgres memory management issues?

From: "Claus Guttesen" <kometen(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Richard Yen" <dba(at)richyen(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgres memory management issues?
Date: 2007-09-07 09:01:47
Message-ID: b41c75520709070201p497ba877s25d72f8d05bc3955@mail.gmail.com
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> I've recently run into problems with my kernel complaining that I ran
> out of memory, thus killing off postgres and bringing my app to a
> grinding halt.
>
> I'm on a 32-bit architecture with 16GB of RAM, under Gentoo Linux.
> Naturally, I have to set my shmmax to 2GB because the kernel can't
> support more (well, I could set it to 3GB, but I use 2GB for safety).

Wouldn't it make sense to install an amd64 version with so much RAM?

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regards
Claus

When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom,
the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner.

Shakespeare

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