On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Cédric Villemain <cedric.villemain.debian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 2011/4/22 Cédric Villemain <cedric.villemain.debian@xxxxxxxxx>: >> Are you sure it is a PAE kernel ? You look limited to 4GB. >> >> I don't know atm if overcommit_ratio=0 has a special meaning, else I >> would suggest to update it to something like 40% (the default), but > > default being 50 ... > >> 60% should still be safe (60% of 32GB + 5GB) 2.6.32.23-170.fc12.i686.PAE , so it says. Okay so instead of dropping to 2-0 with the overcommit and ratio settings, I should look at matching the ratio more to what I actually have in swap? Sorry but knee jerk reaction when I got hit by the oom_killer twice. Tory -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance