On 5/30/13 8:09 AM, itishree sukla wrote:
> In our server Check pointer process is consuming 8 GB of memory, what
> could be the possible reason? Can any one please help.
That process will eventually access all of shared_buffers, which shows
as a shared memory block for that process. That's what you're seeing
there. It doesn't actually use any significant amount of memory on its own.
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