Re: Out of Memory

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Rob Sargent <robjsargent(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Christoph Moench-Tegeder <cmt(at)burggraben(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Out of Memory
Date: 2018-09-28 05:23:59
Message-ID: a76a969d353eacf584d2018b3a2272a1143053e9.camel@cybertec.at
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Rob Sargent wrote:
> > Christoph Moench-Tegeder wrote:
> > > ## Laurenz Albe (laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at):
> > >
> > > > vm.overcommit_memory = 2
> > > > vm_overcommit_ratio = 100
> > > >
> > > > Linux commits (swap * overcommit_ratio * RAM / 100),
> > >
> > > ^
> > > That should be a "+".
> >
> > Yes; shame on me for careless typing, and thank you for the
> > correction.
>
> Are there any parentheses needed in that formula?

No. It is swap space plus a certain percentage of RAM.

I don't know how the Linux developers came up with that
weird formula.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe
--
Cybertec | https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com

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