Hi, On 2014-06-16 13:56:23 +0100, Bruce McAlister wrote: > [1] 3 x ESX VM's > [a] 8 vCPU's each > [b] 16GB memory each > # Dont hand out more memory than neccesary > vm.overcommit_memory = 2 So you haven't tune overcommit_ratio at all? Can you show /proc/meminfo's contents? My guess is that the CommitLimit is too low... Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services