Hi, > Now if I want a "maintenance_work_mem" of 64M for Postgresql, what > should the "max user processes" setting be in my ulimit, or the "open > files" setting etc? Is there a Postgresql help or doc page I can read > to see how these values map? I'd like to be more educated in how I > test to tweak these OS level values! If this is only a PostgreSQL database server, don't limit the postgres user. Don't tweak these limits unless you know exactly what you are doing. - Sander PS: "maintenance_work_mem" is completely unrelated to "max user processes" or "open files", it's related to the allowed memory size. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
