Re: BUG #4339: The postgreSQL service stops abnormally

From: Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch>
To: Bhaskar Sirohi <bhaskar(dot)sirohi(at)druvaa(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #4339: The postgreSQL service stops abnormally
Date: 2008-08-05 12:20:57
Message-ID: 489845A9.4090308@bluegap.ch
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Hi,

Bhaskar Sirohi wrote:
> ...
> 2008-07-30 15:05:01 EDT LOG: checkpoints are occurring too frequently (28
> seconds apart)
> 2008-07-30 15:05:01 EDT HINT: Consider increasing the configuration
> parameter "checkpoint_segments".
> 2008-07-30 15:13:34 EDT LOG: checkpoints are occurring too frequently (29
> seconds apart)
> 2008-07-30 15:13:34 EDT HINT: Consider increasing the configuration
> parameter "checkpoint_segments".
> 2008-07-30 15:18:50 EDT LOG: checkpoints are occurring too frequently (28
> seconds apart)
> 2008-07-30 15:18:50 EDT HINT: Consider increasing the configuration
> parameter "checkpoint_segments".
> 2008-07-30 15:19:21 EDT LOG: received fast shutdown request

These log lines look like your database is touching lots of tuples,
requiring it to checkpoint frequently. Then it receives a fast shutdown
request - from whoever.

What causes the workload? Did you check memory usage? (And uh.. does
Windows 2003 Server have an OOM Killer or some such?)

Regards

Markus Wanner

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