PostgreSQL uses more memory on 6.1?

[Mark Kirkwood]

Kirk Strauser wrote:

> 
> Bumping shmall did the trick, but semmsl was pretty low so I bumped it up 
> just in case.
> 
> Is any of this stuff well documented other than in NOTES?  I can see what 
> each setting does, but don't really have a feel for *why* I'd need to 
> increase a given setting, what the drawback is to increasing it, or why it 
> was so low in the first place.
> 

For the configuration of IPC for Postgresql, see:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/kernel-resources.html#SYSVIPC

And scroll down to the section for FreeBSD.

Unfortunately, that whole section on kernel resources is a bit hidden 
away - it usually takes me a couple of attempts to find it!

cheers

Mark