Received: from localhost (uranus.hub.org [200.46.204.60]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C19A59F9998 for ; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:01:15 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.60]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 92099-03 for ; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:01:12 -0400 (AST) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from floppy.pyrenet.fr (news.pyrenet.fr [194.116.145.2]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9745D9F98FA for ; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:01:11 -0400 (AST) Received: by floppy.pyrenet.fr (Postfix, from userid 106) id 129FE30E09; Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:01:10 +0100 (MET) From: Ron Mayer X-Newsgroups: pgsql.performance Subject: Re: Postgres server crash Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:01:11 -0800 Organization: Hub.Org Networking Services Lines: 16 Message-ID: <45608DD7.7030704@cheapcomplexdevices.com> References: <455FFD02.1060503@modgraph-usa.com> <6028.1163919065@sss.pgh.pa.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.hub.org To: Tom Lane User-Agent: Icedove 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061013) In-Reply-To: <6028.1163919065@sss.pgh.pa.us> To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200611/158 X-Sequence-Number: 21928 Tom Lane wrote: > "Craig A. James" writes: >> Here's something I found googling for "memory overcommitment"+linux >> http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/postfix/2000-04/0512.html > > That might have been right when it was written (note the reference to a > 2.2 Linux kernel), but it's 100% wrong now. 0 is the default, not-safe > setting. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq >