Re: Huge memory consumption during vacuum (v.8.0)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su>
Cc: Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Huge memory consumption during vacuum (v.8.0)
Date: 2005-02-01 21:26:02
Message-ID: 19089.1107293162@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Oleg Bartunov <oleg(at)sai(dot)msu(dot)su> writes:
> I see that pgsql_tmp/ contains files, looks like clustered table.
> What postmaster is doing if disk usage doesn't changed ?

Most likely doing a disk-based merge sort ...

regards, tom lane

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