Re: Dramatic change in memory usage with version 9.1

From: "ktm(at)rice(dot)edu" <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu>
To: Rafael Martinez <r(dot)m(dot)guerrero(at)usit(dot)uio(dot)no>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Dramatic change in memory usage with version 9.1
Date: 2011-12-19 15:54:11
Message-ID: 20111219155411.GM28286@staff-mud-56-27.rice.edu
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Wow, upgrading 3 major releases at a go. :) It would probably be
useful to use the helpful:

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Guide_to_reporting_problems

to get the information that is needed to the right people.

Regards,
Ken

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 04:04:54PM +0100, Rafael Martinez wrote:
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> Hello
>
> I am sending this email to ask if anyone has noticed a change in how
> a server running postgreSQL 9.1 uses and allocates memory compared to
> older versions.
>
> We upgraded all our systems from 8.3 to 9.1 a couple of weeks ago, and
> we have experienced a radical change in how our servers make use of
> memory. How memory is allocated has become more unstable and the swap
> usage has increased dramatically.

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