Re: Largepages in Windows

From: Andrew Kerber <andrew(dot)kerber(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Largepages in Windows
Date: 2017-01-17 15:41:41
Message-ID: CAJvnOJY9qdUf8Fjbf8G6CXSjYEKGjo6SaWLB8VNxYqezc9SCvw@mail.gmail.com
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Oh, I can answer that. The owner of the postgreSQL executable must have
the privilege to lock pages in memory.

On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Andrew Kerber <andrew(dot)kerber(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Does PostgreSQL 9.4 support large pages in windows? The setting is there
> > in the postgresql.conf, but I cant tell if it is supported in windows?
>
> No, but there's a pending patch for that:
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/0A3221C70F24FB4583343325556920
> 4D1F5F1751(at)G01JPEXMBYT05
>
> Looks like it's blocked on the question of what privileges are required
> to use the feature.
>
> regards, tom lane
>

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Andrew W. Kerber

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