On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Cassiano, Marco <mcassiano@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > this afternoon I had a database crash on a test system (The first Postgres > crash in more than three years). > I wasn't able to identify the reason.....the log doesn't say anything > interesting. > Is there way the exactly identify the reason of the crash ? > 2009-05-19 16:04:18 CEST 0 4a092d56.1535 - LOG: server process (PID > 22298) was terminated by signal 9: Killed > 2009-05-19 16:04:18 CEST 0 4a092d56.1535 - LOG: terminating any other > active server processes Postgres doesn't issue kill -9s. Looks like the OOM killer got you. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin