Hi:
Please, do not top post. It makes for harder reading.
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 7:18 PM, Petar Djurkovic
<petar.djurkovic@cbs.co.rs> wrote:
> I stop postgresql with "service postgresql stop" when I stop my web
> application, postgresql running on Ubuntu 15.
>
> Example, while running Postgresql he use 78 GB I see that on htop or top
> also same state with free mem and when I stop Postgresql ram consumption
> stay on 78 GB.
Are you sure you are measuring the right thing? Postgres should
dissapear from top when properly stopped, if it does not maybe you are
nor giving it enough time to stop or not looking at the right thing.
Francisco Olarte.