On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:00 PM, paulo matadr <saddoness@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > my database entry in mode recovery, > analyzing my pg_log I seem this: > system logger process (PID 6517) was terminated by signal 9 > background writer process (PID 6519) was terminated by signal 9 > terminating any other active server processes You are bitten by the OOM-killer. It can lead to severy data loss if it decides to kill the postmaster. To avoid this, you should always set overcommit_memory to 2 (which means off). See Section 17.4.3. here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/kernel-resources.html You should *never* run a production database server in overcommit_memory mode! -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general