Re: Problems with memory - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: Problems with memory
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Msg-id 4821D430.2020006@archonet.com
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In response to Problems with memory  ("Pau Marc Munoz Torres" <paumarc@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
Pau Marc Munoz Torres wrote:
> Hi
>
>  I'm setting up a big database , and when i say big, i mean BIG,

I have to say, I've seen more accurate stats given. How many Terabytes
are we talking about?

 > the problem
> with this is that some times, when a do a query the database run out of
> memory,

What precisely do you mean by "run out of memory" - is this work-mem or
shared-mem? How do you know this is what's happening?

 > so I really need to increase the amount of memory reserved to
> postgress almost 10x, could anyone tell me how can i do that? i mean, what
> configuration file and variables do i have to modify?

What memory are you trying to reserve for PostgreSQL? Is it shared-mem
you're talking about? If you let us know where you found the manuals
confusing, we can try to improve them.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd

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