Forum .LRN Q&A: Re: How come my Postgres server processes are multiplying like rabbits on Easter?

Many thanks for the advice, Don! I am indeed running virtual names on aolserver4 for my 4 dotlrn 2.0 instances, and with the following paramaters uncommented in postgresql.conf I got that fourth instance to fire up nicely!  I guess it was the shared_buffers value, down from 7600 that did it.

max_connections = 128
shared_buffers = 256
sort_mem = 32168
checkpoint_segments = 3
fsync = true

Thanks again!