Fabricio wrote: > > > Hi > > I have a dedicated database server with 16 GB of RAM. > > and the oom-killer is killing my database Try disabling memory overcommit; see 17.4.3 here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/kernel-resources.html -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. - Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin