Re: Buffers and MacOS X - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Buffers and MacOS X
Date
Msg-id 15489.1035161311@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Buffers and MacOS X  (Hunter Hillegas <lists@lastonepicked.com>)
Responses Re: Buffers and MacOS X  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Hunter Hillegas <lists@lastonepicked.com> writes:
> We are installing postgres on a MacOS X Server...
> On our Linux box, we had to muddle with some parameters to be able to
> increase the shared memory and buffers in postgres.
> Does anyone know how to do this in OS X? Or is it required?

In OS X 10.1, the max shared memory was a hardwired number that couldn't
be changed without recompiling the kernel --- and the standard setting
was none too darn large, either :-(.  I dunno if Apple has improved
matters in 10.2.

            regards, tom lane

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