Sam Mason <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 02:17:20PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> shared_buffers is not the only factor to shared memory, so you need to >> provide some extra SHMMAX slop. > what is this "extra slop" needed for? See table 17-2 here http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/kernel-resources.html#SYSVIPC regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general