Re: apparent wraparound

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: "Florian G(dot) Pflug" <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>
Cc: "Gregory S(dot) Williamson" <gsw(at)globexplorer(dot)com>, Reece Hart <reece(at)harts(dot)net>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: apparent wraparound
Date: 2006-07-15 17:14:55
Message-ID: 44B9228F.6000404@commandprompt.com
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Florian G. Pflug wrote:
> Gregory S. Williamson wrote:
>> You need to edit the postgresql.conf file and increase the
>> max_fsm_pages and
> > max_fsm_relations parameters and then restart postgres (I think you
> > have to actually stop and restart, as opposed to a reload, but I
> could be
> > wrong). You may end up needing to adjust the total amount of RAM
> > allocated to Shared Memory to allow for as large an FSM as you'll
> > need. That requires a system reboot.
> Actually, it doesn't require a system reboot. On debian/ubunut, and
> AFAIK on redhat too, you just need to edit /etc/sysctl.conf, and
> then call sysctl -p to update the in-kernel settings.

Most modern day unix does not need to reboot...

FreeBSD (although there are a couple it still needs to reboot for IIRC)
Linux
MacOSX

None of these need to reboot to set those parameters.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

>
> greetings, Florian Pflug
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