Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([87.238.57.229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TVBfw-00049X-Dt for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 01:40:28 +0000 Received: from nm19-vm3.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com ([98.138.91.149]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1TVBft-0001rx-S7 for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Mon, 05 Nov 2012 01:40:27 +0000 Received: from [98.138.226.176] by nm19.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Nov 2012 01:40:22 -0000 Received: from [98.138.89.245] by tm11.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Nov 2012 01:40:22 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1059.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 05 Nov 2012 01:40:22 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 717784.46802.bm@omp1059.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 78717 invoked by uid 60001); 5 Nov 2012 01:40:22 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1352079622; bh=+kevYoAOBnfmtq2uxajvRp6FmhAIU2CuDAARcPekyCg=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Rocket-MIMEInfo:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=TqvhK2L5sEHgXTnoNtUE+ePrJyNajVwJrZwoE/r0PWBapYzjU/RckJWqhf+THfTDpeYP5Od5fcbafwu02L9zvDbDnu2oV/028juL7Bph7IBqJWduFLeN6qoD2lrbW8HNn70aFguBtHhYuzMfkkMurU9KD5CIaKGDJ2K44o5Dpr4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Rocket-MIMEInfo:X-Mailer:References:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Vv6m9ay2t1CYHqimQJ7VlPMzLg8Ew70kLdl8+GOW7Zfn721MuRDy8IVLeyhCc6iwt0MIps5khbtf6nDzplqx2t2PcUIhoWZzv37eUSy4h3DDOOFEkwe/UyCpuYHtBesodHRWvSlSC6sbSDPDhiH3JEYfDECuiB4YaMQetOcziPI=; X-YMail-OSG: OjXBckUVM1lPJEWX19bOIYuY6r.exMHGqYGTD0q05rxCNgS 4L.TEWP__6kc5UW7Hy6U1iZAyBogWpaExlzk4gMrzzSZb8kEEueyTnAK8cYe HSsCh9DJnsGNWt4vNidtfqU1n1ohCF8RcKcr1JQTz7rDlD_qb9J8.LxsUXlZ QxGOieGc5p9qXz4dqA2_CXNThPg3BXiXocsOyj5T0Iel3M7eNirlvCIIsgBX Nh95pnX8QUJ7W6al4LwI4LwVdBo10vHhAHlS_ergAiNXaeCSIUFgopGJu1ko e2ie3eLqgNZSZ1UazGcW7UA0aqNx.9tPg8cai6EkQB1RAQgcdJQGxMxp0dOH poZ_kIiDUmdE5m8i6yuUt2nAMtVYhx2ClYY4MmHdrSYjaHeCam2FpZ2NY..5 6lGRImqkszSaGRffMYCm_UdHILNWw36.tVxPNXRNIg0z2fEwWQTwewuCkvJg dzV.hZpY9wtDTOvgK8XnaTSYXpdTmTRsp4VCeZ5_Jx3cV2Fw- Received: from [98.210.146.78] by web125901.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:40:22 PST X-Rocket-MIMEInfo: 001.001, VG9tIC0tCgoKCjwuLi4.Cj4.ICBBIGNyb24gam9iIGRyb3BkYiBvbmUgb2YgdGhlIGRhdGFiYXNlcyBhbmQgY3JlYXRlZGIgaXQgYW5kIHRoZW4gcGdfcmVzdG9yZS4gCj4gUm91Z2hseSA4MEdCIGR1bXAuIAo.IAo.IFNvIGZhciwgbXkgZ3Vlc3MgaXMgdGhhdCB0aGlzIGlzIGZpeGVkIGJ5IGNvbW1pdHMgYTFmMDY0ZmMyICsgZDc1OThhZWVhLgo.IAo.PiAgT3V0IHByb2R1Y3Rpb24gUG9zdGdyZVNRTCBydW5uaW5nIGEgOS4xIHZhcmlhbnQgZG9lcyBub3QgaGF2ZSB0aGlzIHByb2JsZW0uIAo.IEl0IGRvZXMBMAEBAQE- X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.123.460 References: <7015.1350260875@sss.pgh.pa.us> <347905F6-B93E-4259-A8A9-28DBAC51D014@pvv.ntnu.no> <27617.1352076455@sss.pgh.pa.us> Message-ID: <1352079622.31433.YahooMailNeo@web125901.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 17:40:22 -0800 (PST) From: Greg Williamson Reply-To: Greg Williamson Subject: Re: autovacuum with lots of open file references to deleted files Cc: "pgsql-admin@postgresql.org" In-Reply-To: <27617.1352076455@sss.pgh.pa.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Pg-Spam-Score: 1.9 (+) X-Archive-Number: 201211/16 X-Sequence-Number: 40261 Tom -- <...> >> A cron job dropdb one of the databases and createdb it and then pg_restore. > Roughly 80GB dump. > > So far, my guess is that this is fixed by commits a1f064fc2 + d7598aeea. > >> Out production PostgreSQL running a 9.1 variant does not have this problem. > It does not have the nightly dropdb/createdb/pg_restore, but otherwise similar > usage patterins. It is also configured to use more memory. > > 9.1 has the same bug (and the same patches), but I think that the aspect > you're running into is specific to DROP DATABASE scenarios. > Is there any idea of when this will be released ? Thanks, Greg W.