On 03/07/2012 03:07 PM, Craig James wrote:

echo 4294967296 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmmax # 4 GB shared memory
echo 4096 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmmni
echo 1572864 >/proc/sys/kernel/shmall # 6 GB max shared mem (block size
is 4096 bytes)

For what it's worth, you can just make these entries in your /etc/sysctl.conf file and it'll do the same thing a little more cleanly:

vm.shmmax = 4294967296
vm.shmmni = 4096
vm.shmall = 1572864

To commit changes made this way:

sysctl -p

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