Re: Postgres server crash

On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 02:12:01PM -0800, Craig A. James wrote:
>And speaking of SGI, this very issue was among the things that sank the 
>company.  As the low-end graphics cards ate into their visualization 
>market, they tried to become an Oracle Server platform.  Their servers were 
>*fast*.  But they crashed -- a lot.  And memory-overcommit was one of the 
>reasons.  

You realize that it had to be turned on explicitly on IRIX, right? But 
don't let facts get in the way of a good rant...

Mike Stone