Just using the common tools like htop or (ps aux); specifically VIRT column in htop or VSZ column in ps. Basically,
howmuch virtual memory is allocated to the process (the total address space of the process).
> On Jul 20, 2018, at 11:38 AM, Alfonso Moscato <alfonso.moscato@merqurio.it> wrote:
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> Hi Rui,
> we have 100 forked postgres processes, I don't know how to determine if we are hitting the 47Gb limit.
> Any suggestion?
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> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: Rui DeSousa <rui@crazybean.net>
> Inviato: venerdì 20 luglio 2018 17:03
> A: Alfonso Moscato <alfonso.moscato@merqurio.it>
> Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>; pgsql-admin@lists.postgresql.org
> Oggetto: Re: repeated out of shared memory error - not related to max_locks_per_transaction
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> Alfonso,
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> Do you happened to know how large the process is when it starts giving error messages, anywhere near 47GB?
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> — but we tried with work_mem to 130mb, shared_buffer to a maximum fo 40gb,
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> Having shared_buffer to 40GB would be two high for the current configuration and I would expect to see out of memory
errorsgiven that your system commit limit is 47GB; However, with shared_buffers at 23GB I don’t think you should be
hittingthe 47GB limit — are you?
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> To increase the commit limit you can add more swap and/or adjust the overcommit ratio.
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