On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 07:50:44 -0500, P.J. Josh Rovero
<rovero@sonalysts.com> wrote:
> There are many reports of kernel problems with memory allocation
> (too agressive) and swap issues with RHEL 3.0 on both RAID
> and non-RAID systems. I hope folks have worked through all
> those issues before blaming postgresql.
We have seen several boxes have kswapd go crazy (near 100% CPU) on
RHEL 3 boxes. Upgrading to kernel 2.4.21-4 fixed this.
Tony Wasson