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From: Tory M Blue <tmblue@gmail.com>
To: Cédric Villemain <cedric.villemain.debian@gmail.com>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: oom_killer
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:18:36 -0700
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On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Cédric Villemain
<cedric.villemain.debian@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/4/22 Cédric Villemain <cedric.villemain.debian@gmail.com>:


>> Are you sure it is a PAE kernel ? You look limited to 4GB.
>>
>> I don't know atm if overcommit_ratio=0 has a special meaning, else I
>> would suggest to update it to something like 40% (the default), but
>
> default being 50 ...
>
>> 60% should still be safe (60% of 32GB + 5GB)

2.6.32.23-170.fc12.i686.PAE , so it says. Okay so instead of dropping
to 2-0 with the overcommit and ratio settings, I should look at
matching the ratio more to what I actually have in swap? Sorry but
knee jerk reaction when I got hit by the oom_killer twice.

Tory

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