"Simon Riggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Should we have a pgmon process that watches the postmaster > and restarts it if required?
I doubt it; in practice the postmaster is *very* reliable (because it doesn't do much), and so I'm not sure that adding a watchdog is going to increase the net reliability of the system. The sorts of things that could take out the postmaster are likely to take out a watchdog too. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html