Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82DB59FB3E2 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 02:50:32 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 97346-02 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 02:50:22 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from noel.decibel.org (noel.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F0069FB3B4 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 02:50:29 -0400 (AST) Received: from [10.71.1.2] (w170.z066236093.slc-ut.dsl.cnc.net [66.236.93.170]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by noel.decibel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ACE256449; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 00:50:24 -0600 (CST) In-Reply-To: <45E811CB.8040300@oss.ntt.co.jp> References: <45E811CB.8040300@oss.ntt.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <741C8ABF-0ABD-4907-992D-F09C232411FC@decibel.org> Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jim Nasby Subject: Re: avoiding a problem that postmaster is suddenly killed by OOM-Killer Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 18:38:27 -0600 To: Toru SHIMOGAKI X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.271 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, BAYES_20, DATE_IN_PAST_06_12, SPF_PASS X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200703/2 X-Sequence-Number: 4173 On Mar 2, 2007, at 6:00 AM, Toru SHIMOGAKI wrote: > I think that to avoid this problem, "increasing swap area" should > be added on > this manual. Increasing both physical memory and swap area is easy to > understand, but increasing physical memory is not software solution. Good idea; care to submit a patch? :) -- Jim Nasby jim@nasby.net EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)