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Old 04-10-2008, 06:52 AM
John Allgood
 
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Default Re: Out of file-descriptors message

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.

Thanks

Tom Lane wrote:
> John Allgood <john@turbocorp.com> writes:
>
>> 2006-11-29 14:57:51 [3823] LOG: out of file descriptors: Too many open
>> files; release and retry
>>

>
> Consider reducing PG's max_files_per_process setting. Postgres itself
> will usually not have a serious problem when you've run the kernel out
> of file descriptors, but everything else on the machine will :-(
>
> regards, tom lane
>


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