OOM Killer / PG9 / RHEL 6.1

From: David Kerr <dmk(at)mr-paradox(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: OOM Killer / PG9 / RHEL 6.1
Date: 2011-11-02 16:42:27
Message-ID: 20111102164227.GA64585@mr-paradox.net
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Howdy,

just a quick check, is
vm.overcommit_memory = 2
vm.swappiness = 0

Still the way to go with PG9.0 / RHEL 6.1 (64bit) ?

I know we gained some control over the OOM Killer in newer kernels
and remember reading that maybe postgres could handle it in a different way now.

Thanks

Dave

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