Re: [HACKERS] Windows shared_buffers limitations

2008-03-27 Thread Tom Lane
Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > One thing which comes to mind is that it's possible Windows is swapping out > shared memory making having large shared memory segments dangerous on that > front. This is a hazard on most Unixen as well. Windows may just be a bit more aggressive about it

Re: [HACKERS] Windows shared_buffers limitations

2008-03-27 Thread Gregory Stark
"Rainer Bauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Greg Smith wrote: > >>Was working on some documentation today and I realized that I've taken for >>granted the lore about not using large values for shared_buffers in >>Windows without ever understanding why. Can someone explain what the >>underlyin

Re: [HACKERS] Windows shared_buffers limitations

2008-03-27 Thread Rainer Bauer
Greg Smith wrote: >Was working on some documentation today and I realized that I've taken for >granted the lore about not using large values for shared_buffers in >Windows without ever understanding why. Can someone explain what the >underlying mechanism that causes that limitation is? From p