Re: Postgres not using array - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From André Volpato
Subject Re: Postgres not using array
Date
Msg-id 48AD735D.6040403@ecomtecnologia.com.br
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In response to Re: Postgres not using array  (André Volpato<andre.volpato@ecomtecnologia.com.br>)
Responses Re: Postgres not using array  (Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc>)
Re: Postgres not using array  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: Postgres not using array  (Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>)
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André Volpato escreveu:
>
> David Wilson escreveu:
>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:30 PM, André Volpato
>> <andre.volpato@ecomtecnologia.com.br> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> The CPU is 100% used since a few hours ago. Can anyone tell why?
>>>
>>
>> Sounds like you've just got a CPU bound query. The data may even all
>> be in cache.
>>
>> Some information on database size, along with EXPLAIN results for your
>> queries, would help here.
>>
>
> The query itself runs smoothly, almost with no delay.
>

You where right about the cache.
After some experiences, I noticed that the arrays are being used, but
only for a short time...
So, what is slowing down is the CPU (Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU
E2160  @ 1.80GHz)

In practice, I have noticed that dual 1.8 is worse than single 3.0. We
have another server wich
is a Pentium D 3.0 GHz, that runs faster.

Explain output:
 HashAggregate  (cost=19826.23..19826.96 rows=73 width=160) (actual
time=11826.754..11826.754 rows=0 loops=1)
   ->  Subquery Scan b2  (cost=19167.71..19817.21 rows=722 width=160)
(actual time=11826.752..11826.752 rows=0 loops=1)
         Filter: (bds_internacoes(200805, 200806, (b2.cod)::text,
'qtdI'::text, 'P'::bpchar) >= 1::numeric)
         ->  Limit  (cost=19167.71..19248.89 rows=2165 width=48) (actual
time=415.157..621.043 rows=28923 loops=1)
               ->  HashAggregate  (cost=19167.71..19248.89 rows=2165
width=48) (actual time=415.155..593.309 rows=28923 loops=1)
                     ->  Bitmap Heap Scan on bds_beneficiario b
(cost=832.53..18031.61 rows=56805 width=48) (actual time=68.259..160.912
rows=56646 loops=1)
                           Recheck Cond: ((benef_referencia >= 200805)
AND (benef_referencia <= 200806))
                           ->  Bitmap Index Scan on ibds_beneficiario2
(cost=0.00..818.33 rows=56805 width=0) (actual time=63.293..63.293
rows=56646 loops=1)
                                 Index Cond: ((benef_referencia >=
200805) AND (benef_referencia <= 200806))
 Total runtime: 11827.374 ms

Postgres read the array in less than 1 sec, and the other 10s he takes
100% of CPU usage,
wich is, in this case, one of the two cores at 1.8GHz.

I am a bit confused about what CPU is best for Postgres. Our apps is
mostly read, with
a few connections and heavy queryes.
Does it worth a multi-core ?

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[]´s, ACV



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