Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.208.211]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 839246346D6 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:58:43 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.211]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 23445-10 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:58:36 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from outA.internet-mail-service.net (outa.internet-mail-service.net [216.240.47.224]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBE2A6346DD for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:58:40 -0300 (ADT) Received: from idiom.com (mx0.idiom.com [216.240.32.160]) by out.internet-mail-service.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13CD02E9D6 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:58:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e Received: from [192.168.1.107] (adsl-71-135-161-147.dsl.pltn13.pacbell.net [71.135.161.147]) by idiom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 311A62D61C7 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:58:34 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49E4F930.6010701@obviously.com> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:59:28 -0700 From: Bryce Nesbitt User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Postgres entering zombie state once a week in production evnvironment References: <49E42C72.9070902@obviously.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200904/74 X-Sequence-Number: 32420 Scott Marlowe wrote: > What does pg_locks say during this time? Specifically about locks > that aren't granted? I don't know, yet. Though these events go for 15-30 minutes before postgres restart, and no deadlocks are detected, so I don't think it is locks.