"Tom" <tom.zschockelt@flender.com> writes:
> we got the following error in our environment:
> 2005-12-08 13:43:04 ERROR: too many private dirs demanded
> 2005-12-08 13:43:04 ERROR: checkpoint request failed
> 2005-12-08 13:43:04 HINT: Consult the server log for details.
I can see a possible mechanism for this, but it requires assuming that
there have been repeated prior failures in the bgwriter/checkpointer.
What else is in the postmaster log?
regards, tom lane