Aha!
BIG difference. I won't know for sure until the biz day tomorrow but
the "first blush" look is that it makes a HUGE difference in system
load, and I no longer have the stats collector process on the top of the
"top" list......
Karl Denninger (karl@denninger.net)
http://www.denninger.net
Tom Lane wrote:
> Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> writes:
>
>> Hmmmmm..... now that's interesting. Stats collector IS accumulating
>> quite a bit of runtime..... me thinks its time to go grab 8.2.4.
>>
>
> I think Merlin might have nailed it --- the "stats collector bug" is
> that it tries to write out the stats file way more often than it
> should. So any excessive userland CPU time you see is just the tip
> of the iceberg compared to the system and I/O costs incurred.
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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