# What else runs on your Postgres server, and how do we stop it from taking the database down?

DevFeed: [What else runs on your Postgres server, and how do we stop it from taking the database down?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/what-else-runs-on-your-postgres-server-and-how-do-we-stop-it-from-taking-the-database-down-5530.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://clickhouse.com/blog/protect-postgres-from-supporting-processes>)

Author: Kaushik Iska

Published: 2026-08-21T14:11:30Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ClickHouse Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/clickhouse-blog.md>)

Topics: [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [Availability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/availability.md>), [Processes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/processes.md>), [Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/server.md>), [Monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/monitoring.md>), [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [systemd](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systemd.md>)

Tags: [availability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/availability.md>), [backup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backup.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cpu.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [logging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/logging.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [monitoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/monitoring.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [process](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/process.md>), [processes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processes.md>), [prometheus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prometheus.md>), [server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/server.md>), [systemd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systemd.md>)

## AI overview

ClickHouse Managed Postgres isolates supporting services with runtime budgets and cgroup v2 limits so leaks, CPU saturation, and memory pressure do not compromise database availability.

## Source excerpt

ClickHouse Managed Postgres uses runtime budgets, cgroup limits, and disk-full session exemptions to keep supporting services from compromising database availability.