Re: Strange/random overload of the server - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Scott Marlowe
Subject Re: Strange/random overload of the server
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In response to Strange/random overload of the server  (Georgi Ivanov <georgi.r.ivanov@gmail.com>)
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On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Georgi Ivanov <georgi.r.ivanov@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have some strange problems with my server.
>
> Randomly  the server gets overloaded with queries.
> Queries are accepted and never executed, thus reaching max_connections limit
> .
> This I/O wait in top command reaches up to 90%
> Couple of restarts (and sometimes vacuum and reindex of my biggest tables)
> fix it for a while (about a week or so).
> I suspected full-text indexes going wild, but after i dropping indexes i had
> same issues again.
> I found that file system have errors. Can this lead to this kind of behavior
> ?

Yes.

> I am planning downtime to fix the FS errors since this can't be done on
> mounted file systems.

Sounds like you're headed in the right direction.  Note that it's
possible your db is corrupted and you'll need to restore from a
previous known good backup if you've been having file system problems.

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