On 6 October 2010 15:44, Georgi Ivanov <georgi.r.ivanov@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I wander why i see several postgres server processes with different PIDs
> I don't mean those normal query processes. I see several of these:
> /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/postgres -D /database/postgresql/8.4/main -c
> config_file=/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf
> With different pids. Is this normal ?
>
This is normal. Postgres is said to have a multi-process architecture
(which is often contrasted with a multi threaded architecture). The
number of processes isn't very predictable.
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Regards,
Peter Geoghegan