Many instances of postmaster

Hi, Gang.

Ok, I got my postmaster running and working well with PHP. However, I
don't recall seeing so many instances of postmaster running my my system
before. Is this ps -ax a normal situation?
Caution, some lines may wrap.

> 3499 ?? Ss 0:09.86 /usr/sbin/httpd
> 3580 ?? S 0:00.84 /usr/sbin/httpd
> 3581 ?? S 0:00.70 /usr/sbin/httpd
> 3582 ?? S 0:00.84 /usr/sbin/httpd
> 3583 ?? S 0:01.02 /usr/sbin/httpd
> 3584 ?? S 0:00.55 /usr/sbin/httpd
> 3585 ?? S 0:01.09 /usr/sbin/httpd
> 3586 ?? S 0:00.96 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D
>/usr/local/pgsq
> 3591 ?? S 0:00.81 /usr/sbin/httpd
> 3598 ?? S 0:00.88 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D
>/usr/local/pgsq
> 3605 ?? S 0:01.12 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D
>/usr/local/pgsq
> 3607 ?? S 0:00.85 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D
>/usr/local/pgsq
> 3617 ?? S 0:00.67 /usr/sbin/httpd
> 3618 ?? S 0:00.80 /usr/sbin/httpd
> 3626 ?? S 0:00.71 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D
>/usr/local/pgsq
> 3630 ?? S 0:00.84 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D
>/usr/local/pgsq
> 3631 ?? S 0:00.54 /usr/sbin/httpd
> 3703 ?? S 0:00.32 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D
>/usr/local/pgsq
> 3728 ?? S 0:00.67 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D
>/usr/local/pgsq
> 3737 ?? S 0:00.58 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D
>/usr/local/pgsq
> 3883 ?? S 0:00.60 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D
>/usr/local/pgsq
> 3982 ?? S 0:00.10 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D
>/usr/local/pgsq
> 3983 ?? S 0:00.16 /usr/local/pgsql/bin/postmaster -S -D
>/usr/local/pgsq

Gary
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