Re: file descriptors

"David Parker" <dparker@tazznetworks.com> writes:
> OK, well that's good to know. You mentioned ulimit in
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2003-12/msg00080.php

Well, that was a different scenario --- or at least I thought it was.
Are you seeing unwanted shutdown of the entire database cluster, or just
an individual backend?  What shows up in the postmaster log when this
happens?

            regards, tom lane