Query regarding postgres lock contention - Followup - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Hamza Bin Sohail
Subject Query regarding postgres lock contention - Followup
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Msg-id 968766714.172841.1317806160649.JavaMail.root@mailhub035.itcs.purdue.edu
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In response to Query regarding postgres lock contention  (Hamza Bin Sohail <hsohail@purdue.edu>)
Responses Re: Query regarding postgres lock contention - Followup  ("Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>)
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In addition to the previous post,

My postgres version is 8.3.7

>Hi there,
>
>Just to let you know, I'm not a database expert by any means. 
>I have configured dbt-2  with postgres and created a database with 4000 warehouses, 
>150 customers etc. The database size is over 8G. I am aware that lock contention
>can be checked with lockstat (and with pg_locks ? ) but I wanted to know if 
>someone can tell me how much contention there would be for this database
>in a 16-core system vs a 4-core system. I just need a rough idea.
>
>Any response would be very helpful
>
>Thanks
>
>~Hamza


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