Scott Marlowe wrote: > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Rob <rclem...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> postgresql.conf: >> max_connections = 1100 >> work_mem = 32MB >> > > 32MB * 1000 = 32,000MB... And that's if you max out connections and > they each only do 1 sort. If you're running many queries that run > 1 > sorts it'll happen a lot sooner. > > Either drop max connections or work_mem is what I'd do to start with. > If you have one or two reporting apps that need it higher, then set it > higher for just those connections / users
Thanks much. So does dropping work_mem to the default of 1MB sound good? By moving databases around we're getting max_connections below 600 or 700.
