Thom Brown escribió: > Hi, > > I've noticed that if I set my SHMMAX to 256 * 1024 * 1024 (268435456) > and my shared_buffers value in postgresql.conf to 256MB the server > fails to start. I managed to find a tipping point: 249MB seems to be > too much and 248MB seems to be okay. > > Could someone explain what I'm missing here? I thought the > shared_buffers could be anything up to SHMMAX?
shared_buffers is not the only factor to shared memory, so you need to provide some extra SHMMAX slop. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
