Re: RHEL-8 Kernel Settings

From: Johannes Truschnigg <johannes(at)truschnigg(dot)info>
To: pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: RHEL-8 Kernel Settings
Date: 2021-06-11 07:06:17
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On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 08:56:13AM +0200, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> [...]
> I recommend setting
>
> vm.overcommit_memory = 2

Be careful with this though, most applications no not allocate memory as
thoughtfully as Postgres - so if your server is running any other kind of
service/software in addition to Postgres, you should make sure that can
survive Linux not overcommitting like there's no tomorrow, too.

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