Re: Out of file-descriptors message

Bradley Kieser wrote:
> Hmm, not entirely true. You may well only see the error in the process
> itself.

You're telling me that the kernel could be running out of file
descriptors and I wouldn't see a message regarding this in the kernel
logs?  I don't believe that is possible.

>
>
> 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.
>>
>


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