Stephen Clark wrote: > Alfred Perlstein wrote: >> * Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080311 08:46] wrote: >> >>> During heavy postgresql load (pgbench), /var/log/messages registers >>> (multiple times) the following message: >>> >>> "Approaching the limit on PV entries, consider increasing either the >>> vm.pmap.shpgperproc or the vm.pmap.pv_entry_max sysctl" >>> >>> I'm increasing both, but no matter what I increase them to, after a >>> short time they again get increased by the system (???). >>> >>> The values are currently: >>> >>> vm.pmap.shpgperproc: 1134 >>> vm.pmap.pv_entry_max: 8000000 >>> >>> But the last sysctl setting, verified by retrieving it from my shell >>> command line history, is that I set vm.pmap.shpgperproc to 800. >>> >>> Is this normal, and what are the common settings for these values? The >>> machine is 2x4-core, currently 4 GB RAM (which will increase to at least >>> 6 GB), amd64, running postgresql, php and apache. >>> >>> >> >> try setting: >> >> sysctl kern.ipc.shm_use_phys=1 >> >> >> >> > Could you please explain what that does and why? > > Also could someone point me to where all these sysctls are documented > other than in the source code - which lots > of time has no explanation. It would really help the average sys admin/ > user if these were documented. > > Thanks, > Steve >
tuning(7) is a good place to start. -Proto _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
