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+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.380 2007/03/06 09:59:22 petere Exp $ -->
<chapter Id="runtime">
<title>Operating System Environment</title>
<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><systemitem class="osname">AIX</></term>
+ <indexterm><primary>AIX</><secondary>IPC configuration</></>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ At least as of version 5.1, it should not be necessary to do
+ any special configuration for such parameters as
+ <varname>SHMMAX</varname>, as it appears this is configured to
+ allow all memory to be used as shared memory. That is the
+ sort of configuration commonly used for other databases such
+ as <application>DB/2</application>.</para>
+
+ <para> It might , however, be necessary to modify the global
+ <command>ulimit</command> information in
+ <filename>/etc/security/limits</filename>, as the default hard
+ limits for file sizes (<varname>fsize</varname>) and numbers of
+ files (<varname>nofiles</varname>) might be too low.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><systemitem class="osname">BSD/OS</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The default settings are only suitable for small installations
- (the default max segment size is 32 MB). However the remaining
+ (the default maximum segment size is 32 MB). However, the remaining
defaults are quite generously sized, and usually do not require
- changes. The max segment size can be changed via the
- <command>sysctl</command> interface. For example, to allow 128 MB,
+ changes. The maximum shared memory segment size can be changed via the
+ <command>sysctl</command> interface. For example, to allow 128 MB,
and explicitly set the maximum total shared memory size to 2097152
pages (the default):
<screen>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><systemitem class="osname">AIX</></term>
- <indexterm><primary>AIX</><secondary>IPC configuration</></>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- At least as of version 5.1, it should not be necessary to do
- any special configuration for such parameters as
- <varname>SHMMAX</varname>, as it appears this is configured to
- allow all memory to be used as shared memory. That is the
- sort of configuration commonly used for other databases such
- as <application>DB/2</application>.</para>
-
- <para> It might , however, be necessary to modify the global
- <command>ulimit</command> information in
- <filename>/etc/security/limits</filename>, as the default hard
- limits for file sizes (<varname>fsize</varname>) and numbers of
- files (<varname>nofiles</varname>) might be too low.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><systemitem class="osname">Solaris</></term>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="guc-shared-buffers"></>
- <entry>8300 (assuming 8K <symbol>BLCKSZ</>)</entry>
+ <entry>8300 (assuming 8 kB <symbol>BLCKSZ</>)</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><xref linkend="guc-wal-buffers"></>
- <entry>8200 (assuming 8K <symbol>XLOG_BLCKSZ</>)</entry>
+ <entry>8200 (assuming 8 kB <symbol>XLOG_BLCKSZ</>)</entry>
</row>
<row>