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List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: [GENERAL] Hit by the out of memory killer last night
From:       Bryan Murphy <bmurphy1976 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2011-01-31 16:40:33
Message-ID: AANLkTim2nV+Ea1-djkXeLm2kKFmZ96xf1Wgw7B5XfsL- () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Ben Chobot <bench@silentmedia.com> wrote:

> > Any advice?  What should I be looking for?
>
> Any particular reason you are running the OOM killer on a database server?
> Why have the kernel set to overcommit memory in the first place?


Simply an oversight.  That being said, it does not explain WHY we are seeing
such a memory usage pattern.

Thanks,
Bryan

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On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Ben Chobot <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:bench@silentmedia.com">bench@silentmedia.com</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 \
0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> &gt; Any advice?  What should I \
be looking for?<br><div class="im"> <br>
</div>Any particular reason you are running the OOM killer on a database server? Why \
have the kernel set to overcommit memory in the first place? \
</blockquote></div><br>Simply an oversight.  That being said, it does not explain WHY \
we are seeing such a memory usage pattern.<br> <br>Thanks,<br>Bryan<br>



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