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. Thanks Tom Lane wrote: > John Allgood <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> 2006-11-29 14:57:51 [3823] LOG: out of file descriptors: Too many open >> files; release and retry >> > > Consider reducing PG's max_files_per_process setting. Postgres itself > will usually not have a serious problem when you've run the kernel out > of file descriptors, but everything else on the machine will :-( > > regards, tom lane >