Обсуждение: Postgresql & Redhat 6.2 = memory leak?

I am running postgresql 7.1.2 on Redhat 6.2 with 387 megs of memory. After
running a vacuum analyze or loading postgresql with 50 megs of data. The
memory drops down to only a couple of megs.  After stopping postgresql the
memory does not return.  Has anyone had this problem before?

thanx..

Mike

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> I am running postgresql 7.1.2 on Redhat 6.2 with 387 megs of memory. After
> running a vacuum analyze or loading postgresql with 50 megs of data. The
> memory drops down to only a couple of megs.  After stopping postgresql the
> memory does not return.  Has anyone had this problem before?

I would not consider this a problem.
You have not really given enough detail to determine what exactly the
situation is. It seems that your operating system is simply caching the
filesystem data. I wouldn't be concerned about this unless you are
recieving out-of-memory errors from applications.


Just for giggles, what OS are you using?

> thanx..
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> Mike

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> > I am running postgresql 7.1.2 on Redhat 6.2 with 387 megs of memory. After
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> > memory does not return.  Has anyone had this problem before?

Depends on how you are checking for free memory...

> Just for giggles, what OS are you using?

Last time I checked RedHat 6.2 was having only the Linux OS ;).




Mithun

I am checking for free memory using the command "top" and
"cat /proc/meminfo".  I've tested this under Redhat 6.2 kernel 2.2.14 and
Redhat 7.1 kernel 2.4.2.

Mike

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> > > I am running postgresql 7.1.2 on Redhat 6.2 with 387 megs of memory.
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> > > memory does not return.  Has anyone had this problem before?
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> Depends on how you are checking for free memory...
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> > Just for giggles, what OS are you using?
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> Last time I checked RedHat 6.2 was having only the Linux OS ;).
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> Mithun
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