Re: postgres start problems with memory

On 30 Sep 2004 16:40:58 -0400, Greg Stark  wrote:
> 
> Josh Close  writes:
> 
> > To reduce the request size (currently 34037760 bytes), 
> ...
> > root # sysctl -a | grep shm
> > kernel.shmmni = 4096
> > kernel.shmall = 31584400
> > kernel.shmmax = 31584400
> 
> So it's currently looking for 34M and you're setting the maximum to 31M.
> 
> --
> greg


We'll, you're definitely right about that. Is there a certain standard
to this? Say if I use the "reasonable value" formula. What would be a
good size for the buffer then? Should it be a certain %age of
available RAM?

-Josh