Re: BUG #8578: loading a 33G (compressed) pg_dump into a fresh host and db instance crashes a postgresql process

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: robert(at)urban4m(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #8578: loading a 33G (compressed) pg_dump into a fresh host and db instance crashes a postgresql process
Date: 2013-11-06 01:11:44
Message-ID: 5526.1383700304@sss.pgh.pa.us
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robert(at)urban4m(dot)com writes:
> 2013-11-05 17:04:21 EST LOG: server process (PID 5869) was terminated by
> signal 9: Killed

OOM killer, almost certainly. Check your kernel log to confirm.
Then read about preventing OOM kills:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/kernel-resources.html#LINUX-MEMORY-OVERCOMMIT

regards, tom lane

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