Re: Max shared_buffers

From: "Andrej Ricnik-Bay" <andrej(dot)groups(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "sathiya psql" <sathiya(dot)psql(at)gmail(dot)com>, bitaoxiao <bitaoxiao(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Max shared_buffers
Date: 2008-04-03 17:16:22
Message-ID: b35603930804031016k4f1d2c28x1753da0e7cc7c651@mail.gmail.com
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On 04/04/2008, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Not entirely true. on 32 bit OS / software, the limit is just under 2
> Gig.

Where do you get that figure from?

There's an architectural (theoretical) limitation of RAM at 4GB,
but with the PAE (that pretty much any CPU since the Pentium Pro
offers) one can happily address 64GB on 32-bit.

Or are you talking about some Postgres limitation?

Cheers,
Andrej

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