[OSM-talk] OSM-to-PostGIS issues

[Peter Körner]

Am 19.07.2010 12:33, schrieb Juan Lucas Domínguez Rubio:
> Hello, list:
>
> I've tried to export a 9.5 GB (150 GB uncomp.) planet to a PostGIS DB @
> localhost on a Windows XP machine (1.5 GB RAM).

That's very low memory. WinXP takes at least 523 MB so only 1 GB is 
avail. for the planet import. In general I'd suggest at least 4 GB of 
memory: 1 GB cache for osm2pgsql, 2 GB for Postgres and 1 GB for the OS 
(file cache & co.).

With <32 GB RAM you need to run with --slim parameter.

Peter