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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Out of Memory - 8.2.4
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Msg-id 2234.1187974006@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Out of Memory - 8.2.4  (Jeff Amiel <becauseimjeff@yahoo.com>)
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Jeff Amiel <becauseimjeff@yahoo.com> writes:
> Aug 22 18:08:24 db-1 postgres[16452]: [ID 748848
> local0.warning] [6-1] 2007-08-22 18:08:24 CDT   ERROR:
>  out of memory.
> Aug 22 18:08:24 db-1 postgres[16452]: [ID 748848
> local0.warning] [6-2] 2007-08-22 18:08:24 CDT
> DETAIL:  Failed on request of size 536870910.

> What I found interesting is that It's ALWAYS the same
> size....536870910

> maintenance_work_mem = 512MB            # min 1MB

Apparently this maintenance_work_mem setting is higher than your system
can reliably provide.  Knock it back a bit.

            regards, tom lane

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