[Babase] Hunter-Karl phone call
Karl O. Pinc
kop at meme.com
Tue May 15 14:32:06 EDT 2007
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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