PostgreSQL running out of file handles - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject PostgreSQL running out of file handles
Date
Msg-id 428406AB.4070408@familyhealth.com.au
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Responses Re: PostgreSQL running out of file handles  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@surnet.cl>)
Re: PostgreSQL running out of file handles  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Hi,

A few days back the load increased on our database server to the point 
where it could not get enough file handles.  This causes the backends to 
crash, get restarted only to crash again, on and on.

We fixed it by bumping kern.maxfiles, but was just wondering if this is 
a scenario that PostgreSQL should handle more gracefully?

Chris


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