On 8/18/06, Magnus Hagander <mha@sollentuna.net> wrote:
> > i doubled all my heap settings and was able to roughly double the -
> > c
> > on pgbench from ~158 (stock) to ~330 (modified). so this is
> > definately the problem.
>
> If you try decreasing max_files_per_process to a significantly lower
> value (say, try 100 instead of 1000), does the number of processes you
> can run change noticeably?
>
> (I don't have a box around ATM that I can try to reproduce on. Will try
> to set up a VM for it soon.)
per Magnus's request, I set my machine to 25 max_files (the minimum)
and saw no appreciable gain in the number of connections requred to
make it crash (I tested at 400). The first time I ran it I almost
hosed my machine...it was doing all kinds of irrational beeping and
all the windows were flickering and blinking. It did not do this
following the max_file reduction, although I have no desire to run
this test again on my development box ;)
merlin