Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WxLKI-0005mx-Ua for pgsql-performance@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:15:19 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WxLKI-0003oV-EF for pgsql-performance@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:15:18 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WxLKH-0003ll-0e for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:15:17 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WxLKE-0002Cp-Bh for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:15:15 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s5IJFCDi026672; Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:15:12 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: Dave Cramer cc: pgsql-performance Subject: Re: Unable to allocate 2G of shared memory on wheezy In-reply-to: References: Comments: In-reply-to Dave Cramer message dated "Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:00:45 -0400" Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:15:12 -0400 Message-ID: <26671.1403118912@sss.pgh.pa.us> X-Pg-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-performance Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org Dave Cramer writes: > To reduce the request size [FAILently 2232950784 bytes), reduce > PostgreSQL's shared memory usage, This error message is a bit garbled :-(. It would've been useful to know the specific errno, but you've trimmed out that info. Perhaps it's failing because you already have ~10G in shared memory segments? "sudo ipcs -m" might be illuminating. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance