Re: Postgres server crash - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: Postgres server crash
Date
Msg-id 455CAC52.4050205@archonet.com
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In response to Best COPY Performance  ("Worky Workerson" <worky.workerson@gmail.com>)
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Craig A. James wrote:
> Richard Huxton wrote:
>> If a "kill -9" as root doesn't get rid of them, I think I'm right in
>> saying that it's a kernel-level problem rather than something else.
>
> Sorry I didn't clarify that.  "kill -9" did kill them.  Other signals
> did not.  It wasn't until I manually intervened with the "kill -9" that
> the system began the recovery process.

Ah, when you said "unkillable" in the first msg I jumped to the wrong
conclusion.

In that case, see Tom's answer.

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   Richard Huxton
   Archonet Ltd

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