Re: PG Killed by OOM Condition - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Jeff Davis
Subject Re: PG Killed by OOM Condition
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Msg-id 4342259D.1060102@empires.org
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In response to Re: PG Killed by OOM Condition  (mark@mark.mielke.cc)
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> It's not an easy decision. Linux isn't wrong. Solaris isn't wrong.
> Most people never hit these problems, and the people that do, are
> just as likely to hit one problem, or the other. The grass is always
> greener on the side of the fence that isn't hurting me right now,
> and all that.
> 
> Cheers,
> mark
> 

Thanks, a very informative reply.

Do you have some references where I can learn more?

I think that I've run into the OOM killer without a fork() being
involved, but I could be wrong. Is it possible to be hit by the OOM
killer if no applications use fork()?

Regards,Jeff Davis


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