Just to be sure:
Could it be a checkpoint?
Checkpoint is supposed to flush all data to disks at regular intervals, isn't it?
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>>> "scott.marlowe" <scott.marlowe@ihs.com> 10/10/2002 17:34 >>>
On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Louis-Marie Croisez wrote:
> Sorry, bad url:
> use this instead:
> http://louis.croisez.free.fr/capture1.jpg
I'm gonna make a guess here that it's WAL activity, or log activity.
So first off, are you saving postgresql's output to a log? if so, try
logging to a different drive than your data drive or turning off logging
for a quick test.
If it's WAL writes that are causing the problem, you can either try to
change the settings for commit_delay and commit_siblings or symlinking the
pg_xlog directory somewhere else. If you aren't sure how to do that,
don't learn how to on a live production server with real data.
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