Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 00:28:38 -0600 From: Kim Shrier <kim@tinker.com> To: David.Bear@asu.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2 gig shared memory Message-ID: <3E829A16.5080708@tinker.com> References: <3E822A5C.9060304@tinker.com> <20030326165207.F1367@asu.edu>
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I will persue the configuration issue on the postgresql lists. However,
what I was hoping to get an answer for on this list is, will FreeBSD belly
up if I configure 2 gig of SysV shared memory.
Thanks,
Kim
David Bear wrote:
>On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 04:31:56PM -0600, Kim Shrier wrote:
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>>I am configuring a dual processor box with 4 gig of memory. One of the
>>main applications I will be running is PostgreSQL. It uses SysV shared
>>memory for its internal data pages. If I were to configure a 4.8 kernal
>>to have 2 gig of SysV shared memory, will this cause problems. The
>>remaining 2 gig of memory is more than sufficient for the rest of the
>>programs that will be running on the machine.
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>you really should ask the postgresql users list on this one. As I
>recall there were a set of diminishing returns the kick in as SHMEM
>gets big --
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