| From: | Shane Ambler <pgsql(at)Sheeky(dot)Biz> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Setting shmmax in /etc/rc on Mac OS X to install Postgres |
| Date: | 2009-07-04 15:22:16 |
| Message-ID: | 4A4F73A8.1090008@Sheeky.Biz |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Shane Ambler <pgsql(at)Sheeky(dot)Biz> writes:
>> Also of note - you are setting the shmmax to 4GB which is all of your
>> ram to shared memory. A bit extreme even if it was a postgres only
>> dedicated server.
>
> I have some recollection that OSX treats that as a 32bit number, which
> means you *can't* set it >= 4GB. Try 1GB or 2GB just to get it working.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
Could be - not a fully 64 bit clean kernel yet?
Maybe that will change with 10.6 - suppose to be a full 64 bit system,
right?
Although does it allow you to allocate 100% or more of physical ram to
shared mem?
--
Shane Ambler
pgSQL (at) Sheeky (dot) Biz
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