>Restrictions in the Mac OS X implementation of shmget limit Postgres to 2MB
>of shared buffers. This could be a problem for large databases and/or heavy
>activity.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.3/interactive/kernel-resources.html
These directions are sufficient to increase shared buffers significantly beyond
2MB on MacOS 10.2.6.
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Jim Crate
Deep Sky Technologies, Inc.