"henry" <henry@zen.co.za> writes:
> tcp_keepalives_interval and tcp_keepalives_count I have left on default.
> After a few hours worth of running, theres a few thousand idle postgres
> procs, and they're all idle...
Are you sure the clients are actually gone? tcp keepalives are only going to
help if you have clients disappearing -- such as networks being unplugged or
client machines getting turned off. Under normal conditions when a client
disconnects the postgres process will go away immediately.
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