[PERFORM] Restricting Postgres

[Martin Foster]

Is there a way to restrict how much load a PostgreSQL server can take 
before dropping queries in order to safeguard the server?    I was 
looking at the login.conf (5) man page and while it allows me to limit 
by processor time this seems to not fit my specific needs.

Essentially, I am looking for a sort of functionality similar to what 
Sendmail and Apache have.   Once the load of the system reaches a 
certain defined limit the daemon drops tasks until such a time that it 
can resume normal operation.

While not necessarily common on my servers I have witnessed some fairly 
high load averages which may have led to the machine dropping outright. 
  Any help on this matter would be appreciated.
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	Martin Foster
	Creator/Designer Ethereal Realms
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