Re: "too many clients" and no cure

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: postgresql(at)thomasbache(dot)de
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: "too many clients" and no cure
Date: 2004-12-01 16:23:41
Message-ID: 8945.1101918221@sss.pgh.pa.us
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postgresql(at)thomasbache(dot)de writes:
> I experience some trouble with my PG server. I get the error message
> "too many clients". Ok, so I checked the manual and adjusted the
> max_connections and shared_buffers, but still the server denies
> access, if there are about 100 connections. I just recently increased
> the shared buffers from 10000 to 50000 and the system shared memory
> fom 128m to about 800m. Still the error occurs at 100 active
> connections.

It sounds like you forgot to restart the postmaster after changing
postgresql.conf. This is one of the parameters that is frozen at server
start ...

regards, tom lane

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