Re: select on 22 GB table causes "An I/O error occured while sending to the backend." exception

* Craig James:

>> There are some run-time environments which allocate huge chunks of
>> memory on startup, without marking them as not yet in use.  SBCL is in
>> this category, and also the Hotspot VM (at least some extent).
>
> I stand by my assertion: It never makes sense.  Do these
> applications allocate a terrabyte of memory?  I doubt it.

SBCL sizes its allocated memory region based on the total amount of
RAM and swap space.  In this case, buying larger disks does not
help. 8-P

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