From: Claus Guttesen <kometen@gmail.com>
To: Richard Yen <dba@richyen.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: postgres memory management issues?
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:01:47 +0200
Message-ID: <b41c75520709070201p497ba877s25d72f8d05bc3955@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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References: <ADDEA1D0-FEEF-4FAD-950E-BC9E49439DF0@richyen.com>
> I've recently run into problems with my kernel complaining that I ran
> out of memory, thus killing off postgres and bringing my app to a
> grinding halt.
>
> I'm on a 32-bit architecture with 16GB of RAM, under Gentoo Linux.
> Naturally, I have to set my shmmax to 2GB because the kernel can't
> support more (well, I could set it to 3GB, but I use 2GB for safety).
Wouldn't it make sense to install an amd64 version with so much RAM?
--
regards
Claus
When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom,
the gentlest gamester is the soonest winner.
Shakespeare
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