Re: Assistance with an out of shared memory error - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Mladen Gogala
Subject Re: Assistance with an out of shared memory error
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In response to Re: Assistance with an out of shared memory error  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Assistance with an out of shared memory error  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On 1/13/22 18:35, Tom Lane wrote:
> .. or else reduce the number of partitions you're using.  (People
> frequently seem to think that more partitions are free.  That is
> extremely not true.  I generally think that if you're using more
> than a few dozen partitions per table, you are making a mistake.)

Interesting. What resources do partitions consume? Is it documented 
anywhere? Why do you think that more than a few dozen partitions is a 
mistake?

Thanks in advance for your explanation.

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Mladen Gogala
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