developer@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > My database has shutdown several times in the last couple days. I have no > idea why. I am running centos and I have not rebooted the server or made > any configuration changes. So in particular, you didn't disable memory overcommit? > LOG: server process (PID 501) was terminated by signal 9 If you didn't issue a manual kill -9, then this is almost certainly a trace of the kernel OOM killer at work. Google for "OOM kill" to learn more, or see "memory overcommit" in the PG docs. Memory overcommit is evil on a server. regards, tom lane
