Re: database slowdown while a lot of inserts occur - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Filippos Kalamidas
Subject Re: database slowdown while a lot of inserts occur
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In response to Re: database slowdown while a lot of inserts occur  ("Campbell, Lance" <lance@illinois.edu>)
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can you post all the configuration parameters related to the I/O activity?
plus, could you post some stats from 'iostat' when this is happening?
thx

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:02 PM, Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu> wrote:

I forgot to mention that the slowdown in particular for other applications is when they are trying to insert or update tables unrelated to the application mentioned in my prior application that does the massive small inserts.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Lance Campbell

Software Architect

Web Services at Public Affairs

217-333-0382

 

From: pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Campbell, Lance
Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:59 PM
To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: [PERFORM] database slowdown while a lot of inserts occur

 

PostgreSQL 9.0.x

We have around ten different applications that use the same database.  When one particular application is active it does an enormous number of inserts.  Each insert is very small.  During this time the database seems to slow down in general.  The application in question is inserting into a particular table that is not used by the other applications.

 

1)      What should I do to confirm that the database is the issue and not the applications?

2)      How can I identify where the bottle neck is occurring if the issue happens to be with the database?

 

I have been using PostgreSQL for eight years.  It is an amazing database.

 

Thanks,

 

Lance Campbell

Software Architect

Web Services at Public Affairs

217-333-0382

 


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