Re: repeated out of shared memory error - not related to max_locks_per_transaction

From: MichaelDBA <MichaelDBA(at)sqlexec(dot)com>
To: "Campbell, Lance" <lance(at)illinois(dot)edu>
Cc: Alfonso Moscato <alfonso(dot)moscato(at)merqurio(dot)it>, "pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: repeated out of shared memory error - not related to max_locks_per_transaction
Date: 2018-07-20 12:35:55
Message-ID: 5B51D72B.3040204@sqlexec.com
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Perhaps your "work_mem" setting is causing the memory problems. Try
reducing it to see if that alleviates the problem.

Regards,
Michael Vitale

> Campbell, Lance <mailto:lance(at)illinois(dot)edu>
> Friday, July 20, 2018 8:32 AM
> I would also lookup the definition of shared buffers and effective
> cache. If I remember correctly you can think of shared buffers as how
> much memory total PostgreSQL has to work with. Effective cache is how
> much memory is available for PostgreSQL to run, shared buffers, as
> well as an estimate of how much memory is available to the OS to cache
> files in memory. So effective cache should be equal to or larger than
> shared buffers. Effective cache is used to help with the SQL planning.
>
> Double check the documentation.
>
> Lance
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>

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