Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U3RcQ-0006zL-6k for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:34:26 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U3RcP-0001XQ-7J for pgsql-admin@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:34:25 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([98.129.198.125]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U3RcO-0001XG-4H for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:34:24 +0000 Received: from asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net ([207.145.128.243]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U3RcL-0004xf-Oc for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:34:22 +0000 Received: from mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.52]) by asbnvacz-mailrelay01.megapath.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E90BB3CB050 for ; Thu, 7 Feb 2013 08:31:34 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 6964 invoked from network); 7 Feb 2013 13:31:33 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.4.0 ppid: 18327, pid: 16703, t: 1.2415s scanners: clamav: 0.88.2/m:52/d:13513 spam: 3.0.4 Received: from unknown (HELO [192.168.2.133]) (sribe@elevated-dev.com@[205.170.118.129]) (envelope-sender ) by mail7.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES128-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 7 Feb 2013 13:31:32 -0000 Subject: Re: PostgreSQL's share_buffer calculation using shmget() versus kernel.shmmax Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Scott Ribe In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 06:31:30 -0700 Cc: "pgsql-admin@postgresql.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <2321AF16-36C4-4F68-A43A-1DB9C1418D67@elevated-dev.com> References: To: Mel Llaguno X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.4 (2005-06-05) on mail7.sea5 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=8.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.4 X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-admin Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org On Feb 6, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Mel Llaguno wrote: > Any pointers which would explain these differences would be greatly appre= ciate. Postgres is likely not the only thing on your system that allocates shared = memory. --=20 Scott Ribe scott_ribe@elevated-dev.com http://www.elevated-dev.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice --=20 Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin