* Adarsh Sharma: > Please guide me how to change it permanently and what is the correct > value for it. > I am going for 8GB . Usually, you can put these lines kernel.shmall = 9000000000 kernel.shmmax = 9000000000 into /etc/sysctl.conf. Run "sysctl -p" to activate them. However, this is a bit distribution-specific. -- Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxx> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general