On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 08:32:40PM +0100, Matthew Kirkwood wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jun 2003, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > > The trouble with this advice is that if I am an SA wanting to run a > > DBMS server, I will want to run a kernel supplied by a vendor, not an > > arbitrary kernel released by a developer, even one as respected as > > Alan Cox. > > Like, say, Red Hat: > > $ ls -l /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jun 14 18:58 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory > $ uname -a > Linux stinky.hoopy.net 2.4.20-20.1.1995.2.2.nptl #1 Fri May 23 12:18:31 EDT 2003 > i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
I also got that /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory on a plain 2.4.21. Kurt ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html