Re: Why does "checkpointer" is consumig ~1.2Gb of RAM?

From: Edson Richter <edsonrichter(at)hotmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Why does "checkpointer" is consumig ~1.2Gb of RAM?
Date: 2014-03-31 19:44:27
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Em 31/03/2014 00:38, Scott Marlowe escreveu:
>
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Edson Richter
> <edsonrichter(at)hotmail(dot)com <mailto:edsonrichter(at)hotmail(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> I'm curious about the "checkpointer" process and its configuration.
> What are the configuration options that affects the checkpointer
> process?
> Currently, under load, this process goes up to about 1.2GB of RAM:
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> No it really doesn't. VIRT is every thing it touches whether it uses
> it individually or with other processes. RES is what THIS process is
> using all by itself. SHR is what it's accessing of shared memory.
> Here's a short explanation of what those three values mean:
> http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2009/10/what-is-difference-among-virt-res-and.html
>
> Also for a more technical one run "man top" and search for RES, SHR,
> and VIRT

Yes, I understand that. That's why I've asked: why is checkpointer
process consuming 1.2Gb of RAM (1215M RES more precisely), and which
parameter affects its memory consumption?

Thanks,

Edson

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