Re: [GENERAL] Postgres not using shared memory

2004-12-16 Thread Karl O. Pinc
On 2004.12.10 15:30 Doug McNaught wrote: "Karl O. Pinc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I can't seem to get postgresql to use shared memory and performance is > terrrible. 1) Linux doesn't track shared pages (which is not the same as shared memory) anymore--the field the in 'free' output i

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres not using shared memory

2004-12-11 Thread Martijn van Oosterhout
On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 05:53:51PM -0600, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > Hi, > > I can't seem to get postgresql to use shared memory and performance is > terrrible. The shared column in free doesn't represent the amount of SysV shared memory used. If the system can't allocate the amount you ask it'll tell

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres not using shared memory

2004-12-10 Thread Joshua D. Drake
Karl O. Pinc wrote: Hi, I can't seem to get postgresql to use shared memory and performance is terrrible. PostgreSQL 7.4.6 on i686-redhat-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-42) $ uname -a Linux artsdata 2.4.21-20.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Nov 24 20:34:01 EST 2004

Re: [GENERAL] Postgres not using shared memory

2004-12-10 Thread Doug McNaught
"Karl O. Pinc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I can't seem to get postgresql to use shared memory and performance is > terrrible. 1) Linux doesn't track shared pages (which is not the same as shared memory) anymore--the field the in 'free' output is just there to avoid breaking softw

[GENERAL] Postgres not using shared memory

2004-12-10 Thread Karl O. Pinc
Hi, I can't seem to get postgresql to use shared memory and performance is terrrible. PostgreSQL 7.4.6 on i686-redhat-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-42) $ uname -a Linux artsdata 2.4.21-20.0.1.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Nov 24 20:34:01 EST 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU