[Babase] Hunter-Karl phone call

Lacey Maryott lacey.maryott at duke.edu
Tue May 15 14:36:14 EDT 2007


hey karl,
    I acutally am not sure if i can run patricks query, since it is 
queryiing tables in his schema which i think i can't use right...    so 
I'll come up with something :)

And run marie's

give me like 2 min to get signed in in different places! haha

Lacey

Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
> On 05/15/2007 01:30:11 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>
>> Lacey,
>>
>> Hunter is going to add more swap space, increasing virtual memory,
>> this afternoon.  Once he does so I want to try to crash PostgreSQL.
>> I'd like you to try running Patrick's and Marie's "bad" queries
>> via PPA at the same time, on two different computers,
>> and see if the system survives.  I'll write the list when I hear
>> back from Hunter.
>
> Ok.  Hunter says we're ready to go.
>
>> If you want you can make up your own "bad" query and run it
>> too.  Do you need my help to run these queries and monitor
>> the server or do you have the tools you need?
>> (Before, our problem was visable via "top" on the
>> line marked "Swap:".  The "free" swap would go to 0
>> and postfix (or something else) would crash.)
>
> I can monitor from here too if you coordinate with
> me.  You'll probably want me on-hand anyhow in case
> Posgresql does crash.
>
> Karl <kop at meme.com>
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>                  -- Robert A. Heinlein
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Lacey Maryott
Alberts Lab
Department of Biology
Duke University
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