Re: wilsoncr74 2012-09-07 <1347026357765-5723187.post at n5.nabble.com>
> I have a java core file which suggests out of memory but I didn't expect
> this to knock out the rest of the DB.
When a postgresql backend process dies unexpectedly, the postmaster
will shut down all other backends as well, and restart operation from
there. This is to make sure the dying backend did not mess with the
shared memory.
Christoph
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