| From: | "Michael Swierczek" <mike(dot)swierczek(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | ccannick <ccannick(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Runaway Instances of Postmaster |
| Date: | 2007-03-09 01:03:10 |
| Message-ID: | 68b5b5880703081703s75848c13l480f8414fdeb9056@mail.gmail.com |
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On 5 Mar 2007 08:50:49 -0800, ccannick <ccannick(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I'm running v8.0 on Linux and am seeing the following phenomenon:
>
> With each connection, I get more and more postmasters running that
> never complete, die, or timeout. Eventually all of my memory is
> depleted and the system is severely hampered.
I could be wrong, but I believe you need exclusive access to the
database in order to perform a full vacuum. If someone was
attempting a full vacuum while other connections to the database were
active, that might explain your problem.
I'm guessing that's unlikely, but I thought I would mention the possibility.
-Mike
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