On 10/16/07, Jason Lustig <lustig@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I ran "ulimit -a" for the postgres user, and here's what I got: > > core file size (blocks, -c) 200000 > data seg size (kbytes, -d) 200000 > max nice (-e) 0 > file size (blocks, -f) unlimited > pending signals (-i) 32635 > max locked memory (kbytes, -l) 32 > max memory size (kbytes, -m) 200000 > open files (-n) 100 > pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8 > POSIX message queues (bytes, -q) 819200 > max rt priority (-r) 0 > stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192 > cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited > max user processes (-u) 100 > virtual memory (kbytes, -v) 200000 > file locks (-x) unlimited There ya go. it's limited to 200M memory. Generally speaking, limiting postgresql to something that small is not a good idea. Set it to ~ 1 Gig or so and see how it works. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend