Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw when khera@kcilink.com (Vivek Khera) would write:
>>>>>> "JB" == Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
>
> JB> Chris,
>>> > PostgreSQL requires some more shared memory to cache some tables, x Mb,
>>> > do you want to increase your OS kernel parameters?
>>> >
>>> > Tweak shmmax and shmmall
>>>
>>> Note that this still requires a kernel recompile on FreeBSD :(
>
> JB> Not our fault, now is it? This would mean that we wouldn't be
> JB> able to script for FreeBSD. Bug the FreeBSD developers.
>
> "I read it on the net so it must be true" applies here. You /can/ set
> these values via sysctl calls.
Yes, indeed, sysctl can tweak these values fairly adequately.
Now, numbers of semaphors are not as readily tweaked; I wound up
limited, the other day, when I tried setting values for...
kern.ipc.semmns
kern.ipc.semmni
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http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/x.html
"So, when you typed in the date, it exploded into a sheet of blue
flame and burned the entire admin wing to the ground? Yes, that's a
known bug. We'll be fixing it in the next release. Until then, try not
to use European date format, and keep an extinguisher handy."
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