Re: [PERFORM] Memory Allocation (8 GB shared buffer limit on Ubuntu Hardy)

2009-01-06 Thread Frank Joerdens
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:23 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > "Frank Joerdens" writes: >> then I take the request size value from the error and do >> echo 8810725376 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax >> and get the same error again. > > What about shmall? Yes that works, it was set to r...@db04:~# cat /proc/sys/ke

Re: [PERFORM] Memory Allocation (8 GB shared buffer limit on Ubuntu Hardy)

2009-01-06 Thread Tom Lane
"Frank Joerdens" writes: > then I take the request size value from the error and do > echo 8810725376 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax > and get the same error again. What about shmall? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.

Re: [PERFORM] Memory Allocation (8 GB shared buffer limit on Ubuntu Hardy)

2009-01-06 Thread Frank Joerdens
Tom Lane wrote: > "Ryan Hansen" writes: [...] >> but when I set the shared buffer in PG and restart >> the service, it fails if it's above about 8 GB. > > Fails how? And what PG version is that? The thread seems to end here as far as the specific question was concerned. I just ran into the same