Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
> The other thing I'd like your comment on, Tom, is that Dirk appears to have
> reported that when he installed a non-bigmem kernel, the issue went away.
> Dirk, is this correct?
I'd be really surprised if that had anything to do with it. AFAIR
Dirk's test changed more than one variable and so didn't prove a
connection.
regards, tom lane