David Mitchell <david.mitchell@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> If you're running Linux, it's possible that your system is >> overcommitted and low on memory and the kernel is picking random >> processes to kill. There should be entries in the syslogs related to >> this, if that's what's happening. There are ways to tell (some >> versions of) Linux not to overcommit memory. > > Cheers Doug, that's exactly what it was. That explains a lot of > mysterious process deaths recently. > > Thanks heaps Glad to help! I have /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory set to 2 on all my critical servers... -Doug ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
