From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Geo P.C. <pcgeopc@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Too many Open files error for postgres
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 10:09:40 -0400
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"Geo P.C." <pcgeopc@gmail.com> writes:
> In Ubuntu 14.04 server on a JAVA Application we are getting Too many Open
> files error for postgres.
How many server processes are you trying to use? I suspect you are
hitting the system-wide file table limit not the per-process limit.
Best answer might be to decrease PG's max_files_per_process setting
rather than try to persuade the kernel to increase its limit.
regards, tom lane
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