Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.191]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26AC72E00E7 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:16:10 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31766-07 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:16:05 -0400 (AST) Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E58C32E0058 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:16:05 -0400 (AST) Received: from perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (200-126-76-117.bk5-dsl.surnet.cl [200.126.76.117]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lBBEFwjY003601 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:16:00 -0800 Received: by perhan.alvh.no-ip.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 414AC47C85; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:15:57 -0300 (CLST) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:15:57 -0300 From: Alvaro Herrera To: Listaccount Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Dangerous hint in the PostgreSQL manual Message-ID: <20071211141557.GA10710@alvh.no-ip.org> References: <20071210162612.a9y113hzjkookooc@webmail.kwsoft.de> <20071210204750.GA22340@crankycanuck.ca> <20071211092338.3vsx57ymsswsckw0@webmail.kwsoft.de> <20071211134231.GL26741@crankycanuck.ca> <20071211150836.00ql03638kok48s0@webmail.kwsoft.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20071211150836.00ql03638kok48s0@webmail.kwsoft.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:16:01 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200712/52 X-Sequence-Number: 27569 Listaccount wrote: > I would have not been surprised if the OOM-Killer would go around in case > of short memory but i was surprised to see fork failed with a system having > 1GB Memory available. We've had *a lot* of problem reports due to the OOM killer. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.PlanetPostgreSQL.org/ "Aprender sin pensar es inútil; pensar sin aprender, peligroso" (Confucio)