Re: very slow postgresql startup - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: very slow postgresql startup
Date
Msg-id CABUevEyvq=3HnDrbRAA-FOAGZ7eJSF=9kak3Cbm97EHOWe=Deg@mail.gmail.com
Whole thread Raw
In response to very slow postgresql startup  (zz_11@mail.bg)
Responses Re: very slow postgresql startup
List pgsql-admin


On May 23, 2016 10:35, <zz_11@mail.bg> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
> After stopping my pg server with pg_ctl -m immediate stop options it take hours to startup.
>
> With vmstat I find hi pcu and io useages.
>
> Any idea about this problem? I think it can be pg_xlog files.
>
> How can I debug or trace this problem?
>
> pg version is 9.4.5 running on centos 6.

This is not uncommon when you shutdown with immediate. It's the main reason you should normally use fast and not immediate.

And yes, it's likely the replay of xlog. Hours is a very long time though, but with very high checkpoint timeout that's certainly possible.

/Magnus

pgsql-admin by date:

Previous
From: Venkata Balaji N
Date:
Subject: Re: very slow postgresql startup
Next
From: Albe Laurenz
Date:
Subject: Re: The problem is related to concurrent resquests