Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 09:50:49AM +0100, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>
>> dynamics change. But we must also keep in mind that average DBA doesn't
>> change any settings, and might not even be able or allowed to. That
>> means the defaults should work reasonably well without tweaking the OS
>> settings.
>
> Do you mean "change the OS settings" or something else? (I'm not
> sure it's true in any case, because shared memory kernel settings
> have to be fiddled with in many instances, but I thought I'd ask for
> clarification.)
Yes, that's what I meant. An average DBA is not likely to change OS
settings.
You're right on the shmmax setting, though.
-- Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com