RES: Context switching - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Carlos H. Reimer
Subject RES: Context switching
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In response to Context switching  ("Carlos H. Reimer" <carlos.reimer@opendb.com.br>)
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Hi,
 
Sorry, but this message was already post some days before!
 
Thank you!
 
Carlos
 
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De: pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org]Em nome de Carlos H. Reimer
Enviada em: quarta-feira, 1 de novembro de 2006 03:23
Para: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Assunto: [PERFORM] Context switching

Hi,
 
We've migrated one of our servers from pg 7.4 to 8.1 and from times to times (4 hours) the server start doing a lot of context switching and all transactions become very slow.
 
The average context switching for this server as vmstat shows is 1 but when the problem occurs it goes to 250000.
 
CPU and memory usage are ok.
 
What can produce this context switching storms?
 
It is a box with 12GB RAM and 4 processors running RedHat Enterprise Linux AS.
 
Thank you in advance!

Reimer
carlos.reimer@opendb.com.br
OpenDB Serviços e Treinamentos PostgreSQL e DB2
Fone: 47 3327-0878 Cel: 47 9602-0151
www.opendb.com.br

 

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