Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Ok, I think the point I'm trying to make is that with "strict > autocommit" in its current state isn't really that strict and just > causes the problem to happen elsewhere. Right, but that is surely just a kernel bug, and one that's not been around very long. Presumably it'll be fixed soon. > That formula they use is bizarre. I presume that the point of the formula is that you want some fraction of physical RAM to be reserved for disk buffers ... 50% might be unreasonably high, or not ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster