[postgis-users] Controlling PostGIS memory usage

[Sandro Santilli]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 02:48:24PM -0500, Dan Gast wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've found a way to crash PostgreSQL by running it out of memory, and
> after looking at the documentation I'm unable to find tuning
> parameters to stop it.

I've faced this recently, and found out it was the Linux kernel's fault.
See http://www.etalabs.net/overcommit.html
And "Linux Memory Overcommit" here:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/kernel-resources.html

--strk;