On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 3:00 AM, Gipsz Jakab <clausewitz45@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > After the settings in the postgresql.conf our system is much faster, and no > more error messages in the postgres.log, but If I try to drop a table, or > add a new one, our system is stopping, until I kill the process, which is > dropping or adding a table. you are almost certainly waiting on a lock. check pg_locks for ungranted locks and pg_stat_activity for idle/long running transactions. If you ever find yourself having to bump max_connections again, it is almost certainly a good idea to investigate a connection pooler like pgbouncer. merlin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general