Thanks for the quick response. Below is the out put of Top Commnd. 3971 postgres 20 0 8048m 303m 301m S 0 0.9 0:04.34 /usr/lib/postgresql/9.2/bin/postgres -D /var/lib/postgresql/9.2/main -c config_file=/etc/postgre 3972 postgres 20 0 66828 1820 708 S 0 0.0 1:36.37 postgres: logger process
3974 postgres 20 0 8054m 7.6g 7.6g S 0 24.1 0:56.59 postgres: checkpointer process 3975 postgres 20 0 8051m 895m 891m S 0 2.8 0:04.98 postgres: writer process 3976 postgres 20 0 8051m 9m 9072 S 0 0.0 0:35.17 postgres: wal writer process 3977 postgres 20 0 70932 3352 716 S 0 0.0 0:05.19 postgres: stats collector process 1 Postgresql =9.2.3 On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakan...@vmware.com > wrote: > On 30.05.2013 15:09, itishree sukla wrote: > >> In our server Check pointer process is consuming 8 GB of memory, what >> could >> be the possible reason? Can any one please help. >> > > Are you sure you're measuring the memory correctly? The RES field in top > output, for example, includes shared memory, ie. the whole buffer cache. > Shared memory isn't really "consumed" by the checkpointer process, but > shared by all postgres processes. > > - Heikki >
