In an effort to update our Forum I did a fresh VPS install + Restore on the weekend. This was going to solve multiple issues for us: Renew outdated ubuntu Update Discourse Upgrade to Postgres 15 While generally things went fine I saw issues coming up afterwards with Postgres processes going wild…

Endlessly running Postgres processes & bad performance after Reinstall/restore

pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) February 17, 2025, 3:53pm 4

How much ram and cpu do you have?

How much memory do you give postgres?

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