From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Uwe Bartels <uwe.bartels@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: requested shared memory size overflows size_t
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:25:53 -0400
Message-ID: <18881.1216131953@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
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"Uwe Bartels" <uwe.bartels@gmail.com> writes:
> When trying to to set shared_buffers greater then 3,5 GB on 32 GB x86
> machine with solaris 10 I running in this error:
> FATAL: requested shared memory size overflows size_t
> The solaris x86 ist 64-bit and the compiled postgres is as well 64-bit.
Either it's not really a 64-bit build, or you made an error in your
math. What did you try to set shared_buffers to, exactly? Did you
increase any other parameters at the same time?
regards, tom lane
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