Wow, upgrading 3 major releases at a go. :) It would probably be
useful to use the helpful:
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Guide_to_reporting_problems
to get the information that is needed to the right people.
Regards,
Ken
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 04:04:54PM +0100, Rafael Martinez wrote:
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> Hello
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> I am sending this email to ask if anyone has noticed a change in how
> a server running postgreSQL 9.1 uses and allocates memory compared to
> older versions.
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> We upgraded all our systems from 8.3 to 9.1 a couple of weeks ago, and
> we have experienced a radical change in how our servers make use of
> memory. How memory is allocated has become more unstable and the swap
> usage has increased dramatically.