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Subject: Re: What is loading my server so much?
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On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Laszlo Nagy <gandalf@shopzeus.com> wrote:

> I do not understand.
>
> Doc says these:
>
> "max_connections cost ~ 400 bytes of shared memory slot, plus lock space
> (see max_locks_per_transaction)."
>
> Even if I had max_connections = 5000, total shared memory required would be
> way below shmmax=8G.
>
> What am I missing here?
>
> Thanks
>
>   Laszlo
>
>
After killing the process, did you give it time to flush itself from memory
before restarting it?