On 06/25/2014 05:30 AM, John Klos wrote: >> What value did it select for shared_buffers? How much memory does a >> high-end VAX have? These days, we try to set shared_buffers = 128MB >> if the platform will support it, but it's supposed to fall back to >> smaller values if that doesn't work. It will try allocating that much >> though, at least for a moment, to see whether it can. > > A high end VAX, such as a 4000 Model 108, can have 512 megs (as can an > 11/780, at least in theory), but most of the VAXen used here are > VAXstations such as the 4000/60 or 4000/90, 90a or 96, which have either > 104 megs or 128 megs.
My VAX-7000 has 1.5GB. B-) -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ/3 New Kensington, PA -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers