X-Original-To: pgsql-general-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95DBA9DDC10 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 03:47:52 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 50506-07 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 03:47:52 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 025499DDC00 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 03:47:49 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id jBD7lhLa003667; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 02:47:43 -0500 (EST) To: John Sidney-Woollett cc: Will Glynn , Mike Rylander , pgsql general Subject: Re: Memory Leakage Problem In-reply-to: <439E7B7A.9080205@wardbrook.com> References: <1133891282.11803.7.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> <1133991204.11803.43.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> <6353.1134016733@sss.pgh.pa.us> <439DDB49.3000905@freedomhealthcare.org> <439E7B7A.9080205@wardbrook.com> Comments: In-reply-to John Sidney-Woollett message dated "Tue, 13 Dec 2005 07:42:50 +0000" Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 02:47:43 -0500 Message-ID: <3666.1134460063@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.003 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.003] X-Spam-Score: 0.003 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200512/619 X-Sequence-Number: 88182 John Sidney-Woollett writes: > This server just consumes more and more memory until it goes swap crazy > and the load averages start jumping through the roof. *What* is consuming memory, exactly --- which processes? regards, tom lane