Re: [PERFORM] select on 22 GB table causes "An I/O error occured while sending to the backend." exception

* Craig James:

> So it never makes sense to enable overcommitted memory when
> Postgres, or any server, is running.

There are some run-time environments which allocate huge chunks of
memory on startup, without marking them as not yet in use. SBCL is in
this category, and also the Hotspot VM (at least some extent).

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