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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de>
To: Craig James <craig_james@emolecules.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Performance <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Cc: Matthew Wakeling <matthew@flymine.org>
Subject: Re: select on 22 GB table causes "An I/O error occured while sending to the backend." exception
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:15:38 +0200
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* Craig James:

>> There are some run-time environments which allocate huge chunks of
>> memory on startup, without marking them as not yet in use.  SBCL is in
>> this category, and also the Hotspot VM (at least some extent).
>
> I stand by my assertion: It never makes sense.  Do these
> applications allocate a terrabyte of memory?  I doubt it.

SBCL sizes its allocated memory region based on the total amount of
RAM and swap space.  In this case, buying larger disks does not
help. 8-P

-- 
Florian Weimer                <fweimer@bfk.de>
BFK edv-consulting GmbH       http://www.bfk.de/
Kriegsstraße 100              tel: +49-721-96201-1
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