Re: Out of file-descriptors message

[Bradley Kieser <brad(at)kieser(dot)net>]

Hmm, not entirely true. You may well only see the error in the process 
itself.


Geoffrey wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > John Allgood wrote:
> > > Hey Tom
> > >
> > >     I assume that if it is the kernel running out of descriptors that I
> > > would get the messages in dmesg. This message only appears in the log
> > > file for that database.
> >
> > Yeah, the point is that you have the max_files_per_process setting
> > higher than what the kernel likes.  So decrease it, and Postgres will
> > adjust itself to use less file descriptors by closing and reopening
> > files as needed.
>
> I work with the original poster and wanted to make sure the problem 
> here is clear.  The 'out of file descriptors' message is coming from 
> Postgresql, not the kernel.  Thus, it doesn't make sense to me that 
> the max_files_per_process setting is too high.  I would think we need 
> to increase it so that Postgresql will stop generating these errors.