"Chris Spotts" <rfusca@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > LOG: 00000: autovacuum launcher process (PID 10264) was terminated by > signal 9: Killed Looks like the OOM killer is loose on your system. Disable memory overcommit in the kernel and things will get better. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/kernel-resources.html#AEN24152 regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general