Wu Ming wrote: > I had installed postgreSQL v9.2 in Windows XP SP3. > > My PC specs: > Processor: Pentium Dual Core 2.09 GHz > RAM: 2GB > > The postgreSQL is run as windows service (manual). > > The problem is the postgreSQL service uses a lot of memory and lags > the OS if running in long time (about 2 hours or more) so I had to > restart the postgreSQL service everytime it happened. I never do any > big querying process so far. I only ever run it for adempiere ERP > software and a small struts 2 project. > > See this screenshot link from the Process Explorer: > > http://i45.tinypic.com/vr4t3b.png > > You can see that there are a lot of threads spawned. Is the threads > that caused the high memory usage? > > Is there a way to decrease the memory usage? Is the machine dedicated to PostgreSQL? What did you set the following patameters to: shared_buffers max_connections work_mem maintenance_work_mem You probably need to reduce some of these settings. Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance
