Re: "Out of memory" errors..

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Lim Berger" <straightfwd007(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Postgresql General List" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "Out of memory" errors..
Date: 2007-08-13 13:51:46
Message-ID: 4945.1187013106@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Lim Berger" <straightfwd007(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> ERROR: out of memory
> DETAIL: Failed on request of size 67108860.

Apparently, this number:

> maintenance_work_mem = 64MB

is more than your system can actually support. Which is a bit odd for
any modern-day machine. I suspect the postmaster is being started with
an unduly small ulimit.

regards, tom lane

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