Re: [PG 8.1.0 / AIX 5.3] Vacuum processes freezing - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [PG 8.1.0 / AIX 5.3] Vacuum processes freezing
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Msg-id 14786.1181757988@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to [PG 8.1.0 / AIX 5.3] Vacuum processes freezing  (RESTOUX, Loïc <loic.restoux@capgemini.com>)
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=?iso-8859-1?Q?RESTOUX=2C_Lo=EFc?= <loic.restoux@capgemini.com> writes:
> Since some weeks, the amount of data hosted by the database grows, and, som=
> e nights,  the database vacuum seems to "freeze" during his execution. In v=
> erbose mode, the logs show that the vacuum clean up a table (not always the=
>  same table), and... no more news. The system shows a vacuum process, which=
>  seems to be sleeping (no CPU used, no memory consumption...).

Have you looked into pg_locks to see if it's blocked on someone else's lock?

            regards, tom lane

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