wambacher <wnordmann@xxxxxx> writes: > My system has 24GB of real memory but after some hours one autovacuum worker > is using 80-90% of memory, the OOM-Killer (out of memory killer) kills the > process with kill -9 and the postgresql-server is restarting because of that > problem. > i changed the base configuration to use very small buffers, restartetd the > server twice but the problem still exists. > i think, it's allways the same table and that table is huge: 111GB data and > 3 Indices with 4GB, 128 GB and 12 GB. It's the table planet_osm_ways from > openstreetmap. maybe that helps. Maybe you could reduce the statistics targets for that table. I think we've heard that the analyze functions for PostGIS data types are memory hogs, too --- maybe it's worth inquiring about that on the postgis mailing lists. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general