Re: open pgsql files (was Re: [GENERAL] Mime-Version: 1.0) - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: open pgsql files (was Re: [GENERAL] Mime-Version: 1.0)
Date
Msg-id 200002220120.UAA20677@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: open pgsql files (was Re: [GENERAL] Mime-Version: 1.0)  (Lincoln Yeoh <lylyeoh@mecomb.com>)
Responses Re: open pgsql files (was Re: [GENERAL] Mime-Version: 1.0)  (Serge Sozonoff <serge@globalbeach.com>)
List pgsql-general
> At 03:28 PM 21-02-2000 -0600, Ed Loehr wrote:
>
> >Your numbers do not surprise me at all.  Backend pgsql servers live
> >for the lifetime of the client connection, and they open a similarly
> >large number of files on my system.  I throttle them by throttling the
> >life of the apache children who are generally the only clients.
>
> Oh, the poor little kiddies. Looks like I may have to commit genocide from
> time to time as well. <grin>.
>
> But doesn't the backend close the files after it's done with em? Or it
> doesn't know when it's done with the files?
>
> I've really nothing against native americans, is there a way to throttle or
> fix our good ol elephant instead?

Keeps files open in the expectation it may need them again.

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