On Saturday, May 19, 2012 04:42:16 PM Clemens Eisserer wrote: > Hi again, > > We are still constantly getting postgresql processes killed by signal > 9 from time to time, without any idea why or how. > Syslog seems completly clean. > > In case a postgresql process would exceed some restricted resources > like file descriptors, would the kernel choose to terminate it using > SIGKILL? Are there any other common examples / occurences where > processes are terminated this way automatically? Check dmesg or the kernel log. I'd guess it's the OOM-killer. Assuming this is on Linux, that is. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general