Received: from localhost (pluto.hub.org [200.46.204.4]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6CC19FA173 for ; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:32:49 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.4]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 74776-05 for ; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:32:44 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from vms048pub.verizon.net (vms048pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.48]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 861E69FA16B for ; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:32:47 -0400 (AST) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([71.246.251.8]) by vms048.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0J900001A1AIOASC@vms048.mailsrvcs.net> for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 16:32:42 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09F6F6EB12; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:32:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from osgiliath.mathom.us ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (osgiliath.home.mathom.us [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id BLangVFqtEPa; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:32:39 -0500 (EST) Received: by osgiliath.mathom.us (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E25D46EB3E; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:32:38 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 17:32:38 -0500 From: Michael Stone Subject: Re: Postgres server crash In-reply-to: <4560D6B1.8060306@modgraph-usa.com> To: "Craig A. James" Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Mail-followup-to: "Craig A. James" , pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Message-id: <20061119223236.GE2366@mathom.us> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-disposition: inline X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mathom.us X-Pgp-Fingerprint: 53 FF 38 00 E7 DD 0A 9C 84 52 84 C5 EE DF 7C 88 References: <19583.1163700841@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20061119184105.GC2366@mathom.us> <4560D6B1.8060306@modgraph-usa.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200611/165 X-Sequence-Number: 21935 On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 02:12:01PM -0800, Craig A. James wrote: >And speaking of SGI, this very issue was among the things that sank the >company. As the low-end graphics cards ate into their visualization >market, they tried to become an Oracle Server platform. Their servers were >*fast*. But they crashed -- a lot. And memory-overcommit was one of the >reasons. You realize that it had to be turned on explicitly on IRIX, right? But don't let facts get in the way of a good rant... Mike Stone