Re: Details about pg_stat_bgwriter - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Thomas Kellerer
Subject Re: Details about pg_stat_bgwriter
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Msg-id hulvlj$lq0$1@dough.gmane.org
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In response to Re: Details about pg_stat_bgwriter  (Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Greg Smith wrote on 08.06.2010 19:30:
> Thomas Kellerer wrote:
>> If I want to identify a possible bottleneck with the bgwriter, for
>> what kind of numbers do I need to watch out?
> You don't much with a single snapshot of pg_stat_bgwriter data. Try
> saving this instead:
>
> select *,now() from pg_stat_bgwriter;
>
> And then take another snapshot at least a few hours later, preferably
> the next day. With two snapshots and timestamps on them, then it's
> possible to make some sense of the numbers.
>
Thanks for the answer.

After taking a few snapshots, what would I look for?

Regards
Thomas


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