Re: How should the correct value of shmmax be calculated for DWH (OLAP) server

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: "Gunnar \"Nick\" Bluth" <gunnar(dot)bluth(at)pro-open(dot)de>, "Shukla, Sumeet" <ShuklaSu(at)advisory(dot)com>, "pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: How should the correct value of shmmax be calculated for DWH (OLAP) server
Date: 2018-10-15 08:21:09
Message-ID: 54f17ea619c4a0d74f8ecc71d91d8862162aa5c2.camel@cybertec.at
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Gunnar "Nick" Bluth wrote:
> Am 15.10.2018 um 09:43 schrieb Laurenz Albe:
> > Shukla, Sumeet wrote:
> >> Can someone please help me determine the appropriate value of kernel shmmax
> >> parameter for PostgreSQL configured for Data Warehouse use?
> >
> > Simple. Set it to anything bigger than your "shared_buffers" setting.
> > If PostgreSQL manages to start, your setting is big enough.
> >
>
> As a matter of fact, you shouldn't need to set SHMMAX anyway, unless you
> tampered with "dynamic_shared_memory_type" or you are on a very exotic
> OS ;-)

True, I was living in the past. Thanks for the correction.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
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