Re: LDC - Load Distributed Checkpoints with PG8.3b2 on Solaris - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

"Jignesh K. Shah" <J.K.Shah@Sun.COM> writes:
> So from the PostgreSQL view things are doing fine based on outputs: I 
> need to figure out the Solaris view on it now.

> Could it be related to autovacuum happening also?

Maybe ... have you tried fiddling with the vacuum_cost_delay options?

Looking at the autovacuum log output, 

> 2007-11-13 09:21:19.830 PST 9458  LOG:  automatic vacuum of table 
> "specdb.public.txn_log_table": index scans: 1
>         pages: 11 removed, 105 remain
>         tuples: 3147 removed, 40 remain
>         system usage: CPU 0.11s/0.09u sec elapsed 6.02 sec

it seems like a serious omission that this gives you no hint how many
pages were scanned.
        regards, tom lane