Re: diagnosing a db crash - server exit code 2

From: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: "Burgholzer, Robert (DEQ)" <Robert(dot)Burgholzer(at)deq(dot)virginia(dot)gov>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: diagnosing a db crash - server exit code 2
Date: 2011-09-23 20:31:12
Message-ID: 4E7CEC90.90306@joeconway.com
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On 09/23/2011 12:38 PM, Burgholzer, Robert (DEQ) wrote:
> Thanks - I will try to check into this - however, we have done some
> tuning on the memory over the last 2 years and gotten it such that it is
> seldom if every having to dip into its swap too substantially --
> according to "top", we remain under 1% swap usage during most times.
> Generally speaking, I run 3-5 of these large PHP processes
> simultaneously with no issue, however, when I issue even a "median"
> function call, after several calls (no consistent pattern that I can
> discern), the backend crashes.

Is this always related to use of PL/R or is it sometimes happening
independently?

If you believe it is PL/R specific, please give us R version and PL/R
version. Also, any chance we can get a debugger on a core file? Can you
reproduce this on a development machine?

Thanks,

Joe

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