Re: [GENERAL] Database in RAM

http://candle.pha.pa.us/main/writings/pgsql/performance/index.html

It talks about memory usage and performance.

Bruce, this is a very helpful and informative article. Thanks!

Thanks.

BTW, this command had no effect on my redhat 6.2 system (1GB RAM):

# whoami
root
# uname -a
Linux bingo 2.2.12-20smp #1 SMP Mon Sep 27 10:34:45 EDT 1999 i686 unknown
# cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmall
4194304
# echo 134217728 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmall
# cat /proc/sys/kernel/shmall
4194304

It is possible I hosed something about my system as I recently began my
first whack at upgrading a linux kernel.

The SGML docs say that should work. I don't know because I don't use
Linux here. The SGML is at:

http://postgresql.readysetnet.com/devel-corner/docs/admin/kernel-resources.html#SYSVIPC

Let me CC docs on this.

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Linux

The default shared memory limit (both SHMMAX and SHMALL) is 32 MB in 2.2 kernels, but it can be changed in the
proc file system (without reboot). For example, to allow 128 MB:

$ echo 134217728 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmall
$ echo 134217728 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

You could put these commands into a script run at boot-time.

Alternatively, you can use sysctl, if available, to control these parameters. Look for a file called
/etc/sysctl.conf and add lines like the following to it:

kernel.shmall = 134217728
kernel.shmmax = 134217728

This file is usually processed at boot time, but sysctl can also be called explicitly later.

Other parameters are sufficiently sized for any application. If you want to see for yourself look into
/usr/src/linux/include/asm-xxx/shmparam.h and /usr/src/linux/include/linux/sem.h.

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