Re: Idea about better configuration options for sort memory

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "scott(dot)marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com>
Cc: Jeff <threshar(at)torgo(dot)978(dot)org>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Idea about better configuration options for sort memory
Date: 2004-02-03 00:02:04
Message-ID: 8166.1075766524@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"scott.marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)ihs(dot)com> writes:
> any chance of having some kind of max_total_sort_mem setting to keep
> machines out of swap storms, or would that be a nightmare to implement?

I don't see any reasonable way to do that.

regards, tom lane

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