Semaphores was: Increasing the number of semaphores on FreeBSD 4. 1 (clarification) - Mailing list pgsql-general
From | Roger Wernersson |
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Subject | Semaphores was: Increasing the number of semaphores on FreeBSD 4. 1 (clarification) |
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Msg-id | 5146853DD571D411AC54000102070D6101256E@MINGBGNTS02 Whole thread Raw |
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Re: Semaphores was: Increasing the number of semaphores on FreeBSD 4. 1 (clarification)
(Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>)
Implementation of the frontend protocol (Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@control.auc.dk>) |
List | pgsql-general |
Whoa! Shit! I'm working on a system which probably will use ALOT of semaphores and mutexes. Is this the limits, <1000? I was hoping for millions. I have asked around but no-one I have asked seems to know the answer. I'm using pthreads on Linux right now but will probably use HP-UX, AIX, True64 or Solaris when going live. How many semaphores and mutexes can one have, both in theory and practically? /Roger -----Original Message----- From: Alfred Perlstein [mailto:bright@wintelcom.net] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 5:56 AM To: Philip Hallstrom Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Increasing the number of semaphores on FreeBSD 4.1 (clarification) * Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com> [001109 20:37] wrote: > > > * Philip Hallstrom <philip@adhesivemedia.com> [001109 19:12] wrote: > > > Hi - > > > I recently tried to start postmaster (7.0.2) with -B 128 -N 64 and > > > got the "semget failed" error. Looking in the faq[1] it says I need to > > > increase the amount allowed in the kernel. It tells me what I need to do, > > > but my question is what values should I set them to? Is there any way to > > > figure it out based on load, etc? Also, are there detrimental effects to > > > setting them too high? > > > > What OS are you using? > > FreeBSD 4.1 > > > > [1]http://postgresql.readysetnet.com/docs/faq-bsdi > > > > If it's FreeBSD we've documented the tunables here: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/i386/conf/NOTES?rev=1.857 > > > > The docs will probably also help if you're using BSD/os. > > > > Also you don't want to "go nuts" with raising these values, they > > can cause the kernel to allocate too much memory for these structures > > and cause problems booting or running your system. > > Yeah, that's what I've seen... I guess I was wondering if there were any > guidelines to raising them.. I mean should I up the defaults by 10? Or > up them by a percentage (to keep the relationship), etc... here's what I use: options SHMMAXPGS=512000 options SHMSEG=128 options SEMMNI=40 # /* # of semaphore identifiers */ options SEMMNS=240 # /* # of semaphores in system */ options SEMUME=40 # /* max # of undo entries per process */ options SEMMNU=120 # /* # of undo structures in system */ I have a gig of RAM though. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."
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