On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Niall O'Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Oh, also note that OpenBSD has some limit on how much memory an > individual process can map, so keep that in mind. While the > kernel may be able to use all 128G of memory in your machine, > each PostgreSQL backend process may only be able to use a much > smaller chunk of it. Ah, great! Yes, this is the question I was trying to ask - what is the largest available chunk of memory available to any one process? Any special sysctl stuff I would need to set? And obviously I'll need to look at login.conf too. Thanks! -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1G-3laJJP0&feature=related
