Re: How many processes running on the server side?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "xin" <shenxin(at)sympatico(dot)ca>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How many processes running on the server side?
Date: 2001-12-03 18:27:18
Message-ID: 17825.1007404038@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"xin" <shenxin(at)sympatico(dot)ca> writes:
> The known ones are postmaster and one backends per connection. There is a
> service process forked by postmaster periodically. What does it do?

Checkpoint, probably. In 7.2 the checkpointer should identify itself
via ps status.

regards, tom lane

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