Re: PostgreSQL performance issues - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Willo van der Merwe
Subject Re: PostgreSQL performance issues
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Msg-id 44F577F8.5070307@studentvillage.co.za
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In response to Re: PostgreSQL performance issues  ("Luke Lonergan" <LLonergan@greenplum.com>)
Responses Re: PostgreSQL performance issues
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Luke Lonergan wrote:
>> Currently the load looks like this:
>> Cpu0  : 96.8% us,  1.9% sy,  0.0% ni,  0.3% id,  0.0% wa,
>> 0.0% hi,  1.0% si
>> Cpu1  : 97.8% us,  1.6% sy,  0.0% ni,  0.3% id,  0.0% wa,
>> 0.0% hi,  0.3% si
>> Cpu2  : 96.8% us,  2.6% sy,  0.0% ni,  0.3% id,  0.0% wa,
>> 0.0% hi,  0.3% si
>> Cpu3  : 96.2% us,  3.2% sy,  0.0% ni,  0.3% id,  0.0% wa,
>> 0.0% hi,  0.3% si
>>
>
> All four CPUs are hammered busy - check "top" and look for runaway
> processes.
>
> - Luke
>
>
>
Yes, the first 463 process are all postgres. In the meanwhile I've done:
Dropped max_connections from 500 to 250 and
Upped shared_buffers = 50000

Without any apparent effect.

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