X-Original-To: pgsql-admin-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C09E9D1B556 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:42:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 71832-05 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:41:53 -0300 (ADT) Received: from HUGIN (213.237.12.36.adsl.ynoe.worldonline.dk [213.237.12.36]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19BB1D1B50C for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 10:41:32 -0300 (ADT) Received: from amavis by HUGIN with scanned-ok (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 1ABwl9-0003Bt-00 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:41:15 +0200 Received: from athlon-pc ([10.0.0.2] helo=ATHLON) by HUGIN with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 1ABwkK-0003Al-00; Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:40:24 +0200 From: "Soeren Laursen" To: dotaku Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 15:39:59 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Postgresql Memory Problem Reply-To: soeren.laursen@scrooge.dk Cc: "'pgsql-admin@postgresql.org'" Message-ID: <3F95534F.18727.11B6FE1@localhost> In-reply-to: <3F953545.2000302@hotpop.com> References: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: Quoted-printable Content-description: Mail message body X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200310/256 X-Sequence-Number: 10817 > Thanks...but can I flush a postgreql server unused memory after stopping > it. The problem that i had is that, even after stopping all postgresql > services...the used memory is still more than 80% of the total RAM.. > > any idea how to flush it. I've read somewhere about kflushd and > bdflushd. How to used it...Both are kernel related. Is there any user > space program that can kick it. No need for it as Scott wrote! The kernel will claim it when it needs it. S=F8ren,