On 10/16/07, Jason Lustig <lustig@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Looking at my free memory (from TOP) I find > > Mem: 2062364k total, 1846696k used, 215668k free, 223324k buffers > Swap: 2104496k total, 160k used, 2104336k free, 928216k cached > > So I don't think that I'm running out of memory total... it seems like it's > continually trying to do it. Is there a reason why Postgres would be doing > something without a username or database? Or is that just how autovacuum > works? You are NOT running out of memory. Look at the size of your cache and buffers, together they add up to over 1 Gig of memory. You've got plenty of free memory. I'm betting you're running postgresql under an account with a ulimit setting on your memory. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
