On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Joe Conway <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 09/23/2011 12:02 PM, Burgholzer, Robert (DEQ) wrote: >> I am trying to get my head around why I keep getting crashes to my PG >> 8.3.7 database on CentOS - Linux version 2.6.18-164.el5. There are 3 >> slightly different (I think) circumstances leading to a crash of the >> database, all related in some way to long running PHP scripts with >> intensive activity on PG connections. >> #1 - execution of an R call via pLR (sometimes this may crash it all by >> itself) >> #2 - execution of a postGIS query (possible) >> #3 - random occurences, all related to the same long running PHP scripts >> >> I have read that perhaps hardware and/or system settings may cause >> this. I believe the system is running i9 processors, that may be set >> into some sort of virtual multi-threading mode. Thanks for any insight >> you all can give in tracking this down. > > Are you maybe getting bitten by the OOM killer? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/kernel-resources.html#AEN22246 If OP needs a duct tape fix, just create a giant swap file and add it to swap. Unless there are runaway recursive things happening, then he's gotta fix those. -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
