Re: heavy swapping, not sure why

From: Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: heavy swapping, not sure why
Date: 2011-08-29 20:46:22
Message-ID: 201108291346.22819.ahodgson@simkin.ca
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On August 29, 2011 01:36:07 PM Lonni J Friedman wrote:
> I have several Linux-x68_64 based dedicated PostgreSQL servers where
> I'm experiencing significant swap usage growth over time.

It's the Linux kernel that does it, not PostgreSQL. Set vm.swappiness=0
(usually in /etc/sysctl.conf) and put that into effect.

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