Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> writes:
> Ok, I think the point I'm trying to make is that with "strict
> autocommit" in its current state isn't really that strict and just
> causes the problem to happen elsewhere.
Right, but that is surely just a kernel bug, and one that's not been
around very long. Presumably it'll be fixed soon.
> That formula they use is bizarre.
I presume that the point of the formula is that you want some fraction
of physical RAM to be reserved for disk buffers ... 50% might be
unreasonably high, or not ...
regards, tom lane