Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 11:23:57 +1200 From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PostgreSQL uses more memory on 6.1? Message-ID: <4474EB0D.5020105@paradise.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <200605241114.52666.kirk@strauser.com> References: <200605231531.18092.kirk@strauser.com> <42A89ED6-54B7-43EC-832B-A54F76C0D17B@khera.org> <200605241114.52666.kirk@strauser.com>
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Kirk Strauser wrote: > > Bumping shmall did the trick, but semmsl was pretty low so I bumped it up > just in case. > > Is any of this stuff well documented other than in NOTES? I can see what > each setting does, but don't really have a feel for *why* I'd need to > increase a given setting, what the drawback is to increasing it, or why it > was so low in the first place. > For the configuration of IPC for Postgresql, see: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/kernel-resources.html#SYSVIPC And scroll down to the section for FreeBSD. Unfortunately, that whole section on kernel resources is a bit hidden away - it usually takes me a couple of attempts to find it! cheers Mark
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