-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:17:14 -0800 Jeff Davis <pgsql@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I posted to LKML here: > > http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2007/2/12/54202 > > because linux has a behavior -- which in my opinion is a bug -- that > causes the OOM killer to almost always kill PostgreSQL first, > regardless of whether it was truly the offending process or not. If that isn't an argument for FreeBSD I don't know what is... /linuxpoet > > So, find out which process truly caused the memory pressure that lead > to the OOM being invoked, and fix that problem. > > You may also consider some other linux configuration options that make > invocation of OOM killer less likely. > > Regards, > Jeff Davis > > > ---------------------------(end of > broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the > postmaster > - -- The PostgreSQL Company: Since 1997, http://www.commandprompt.com/ Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate SELECT 'Training', 'Consulting' FROM vendor WHERE name = 'CMD' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHhVcVATb/zqfZUUQRAp0YAJ4ooisf5xRDvXegEl2f/r3TTTB4jACfSuFn O1MUlow1sg++4zdoh6TGu6Y= =JMWG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
