Re: kill -KILL: What happens?

Kevin Grittner <kevin.grittner@wicourts.gov>

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>

To: "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Cc: "David Fetter" <david@fetter.org>,"Florian Pflug" <fgp@phlo.org>, "PG Hackers" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2011-01-13T20:18:36Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
 
> A database that can't accept new connections is a liability, not
> an asset.
 
+1
 
I have so far been unable to imagine a use case for the production
databases I use where I would prefer to see backends continue after
postmaster failure.
 
-Kevin