On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Stephen Frost <sfrost@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > There's probably something else that's trying to grab all the memory and > then tries to use it and PG ends up getting nailed because the kernel > over-attributes memory to it. You should be looking for that other > process.. Not only that, you probably should set up your oom killer not to kill postmaster. Ever. -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance