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Re: Debian Bug#506196: postgresql: consume too much power when idle (>10 wakeups/second) - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Debian Bug#506196: postgresql: consume too much power when idle (>10 wakeups/second)
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Msg-id 20090104210536.GB26552@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Debian Bug#506196: postgresql: consume too much power when idle (>10 wakeups/second)  (Martin Pitt <martin@piware.de>)
Responses Re: Debian Bug#506196: postgresql: consume too much power when idle (>10 wakeups/second)  (Martin Pitt <martin@piware.de>)
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Xavier Bestel wrote:

> postgresql is installed on my machine because it was pulled by another package
> (can't remember which one). It doesn't do anything special, but it still does more
> then 10 wakeups/second on that system, uselessly. If idle, it shouldn't even appear
> in powertop's profile.

How many databases are there?  I'm wondering if the wakeups are caused
by autovacuum.  It could also be bgwriter.

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