Re: Add the ability to limit the amount of memory that can be allocated to backends.

On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 11:24 PM Jim Nasby <jnasby@upgrade.com> wrote:
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> IMHO none of this will be very sane until we actually have cluster-level limits. One sudden burst in active
connectionsand you still OOM the instance. 

Fwiw, PG does support "max_connections" GUC, so a backend/connection -
level limit, times "max_connections", yields a cluster-level limit.

Now, which is easier for customers to understand -- that's up for debate!

James