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Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 08:20:07 -0400
From: Greg Smith <greg@2ndQuadrant.com>
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On 5/30/13 8:09 AM, itishree sukla wrote:
> In our server Check pointer process is consuming 8 GB of memory, what
> could be the possible reason? Can any one please help.

That process will eventually access all of shared_buffers, which shows 
as a shared memory block for that process.  That's what you're seeing 
there.  It doesn't actually use any significant amount of memory on its own.

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