> 1) Can someone explain how postgreSQL uses memory so that I can understand
> what I should be doing here.
> BTW, I am running postgres with -B 884. Can someone also explain how
> postgres uses shared mem so that I can have a clue what would be a
> reasonable setting.
>
> 2) Can any BSDI folk give me any tuning tips. I am especially interested to
> hear from those who claim "some might tell you that we run equally well on
> FreeBSD" or "BSD is the One True Code", of course all help is gratefully
> received.
I have run BSDI for years and never saw this problem. Not sure on a
cause, though.
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