Olivier Hubaut <olivier(at)scmbb(dot)ulb(dot)ac(dot)be> writes:
> But it's amazing to me that i had to reduce it so much as the postmaster
> is almost the only application running on this server. There only 3 or 4
> simultaneous connections and the kernel max files is set to 12500!
But how many open files are needed by the rest of an OS X system?
(I have no idea, but you could probably find out using lsof or a
similar tool.)
regards, tom lane