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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Craig A. James <cjames@modgraph-usa.com>
Cc: Richard Troy <rtroy@ScienceTools.com>
Cc: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
Cc: Russell Smith <mr-russ@pws.com.au>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Postgres server crash
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:51:05 -0500
Message-ID: <6028.1163919065@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <455FFD02.1060503@modgraph-usa.com>
References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0611181713170.19262-100000@denzel.in>
	<455FFD02.1060503@modgraph-usa.com>

"Craig A. James" <cjames@modgraph-usa.com> writes:
> Here's something I found googling for "memory overcommitment"+linux
>   http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/postfix/2000-04/0512.html

That might have been right when it was written (note the reference to a
2.2 Linux kernel), but it's 100% wrong now.  0 is the default, not-safe
setting.

			regards, tom lane



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