Thread: PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

From
"Sheena, Prabhjot"
Date:

Guys

         I have an issue going on with PGBOUNCER which is slowing down the site

 

PGBOUNCER VERSION:  pgbouncer-1.5.4-2.el6 (Hosted on separate machine) (16 cpu) 98GB RAM

DATABASE VERION:         postgresql 9.3

 

When the total client connections to pgbouncer are close to 1000, site application works fine but when  the total client connections crosses 1150 site application starts showing slowness.

 

Here is an example of output

 

postgres@symds-pg:~ $ netstat -atnp | grep 5432  | wc

(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info

will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)

    960    6720  104640

 

 

As you can see total connections are like 960 right now my site application is working fine. When connections crosses 1150  and even though I see lot of available connections coz my  default_pool_size is set high to 250  but still the application gets slow. Database performance  on the other end is great with no slow running queries or anything. So the only place I can think the issue is at PGBOUNCER end.

 

pgbouncer=# show config;

            key            |              value               | changeable

---------------------------+----------------------------------+------------

job_name                  | pgbouncer                        | no

conffile                  | /etc/pgbouncer/pgbouncer.ini     | yes

logfile                   | /var/log/pgbouncer.log    | yes

pidfile                   | /var/run/pgbouncer/pgbouncer.pid | no

listen_addr               | *                                | no

listen_port               | 5432                             | no

listen_backlog            | 128                              | no

unix_socket_dir           | /tmp                             | no

unix_socket_mode          | 511                              | no

unix_socket_group         |                                  | no

auth_type                 | md5                              | yes

auth_file                 | /etc/pgbouncer/userlist.txt      | yes

pool_mode                 | transaction                      | yes

max_client_conn           | 3000                             | yes

default_pool_size         | 250                              | yes

min_pool_size             | 0                                | yes

reserve_pool_size         | 0                                | yes

reserve_pool_timeout      | 5                                | yes

syslog                    | 0                                | yes

syslog_facility           | daemon                           | yes

syslog_ident              | pgbouncer                        | yes

user                      |                                  | no

autodb_idle_timeout       | 3600                             | yes

server_reset_query        |                                  | yes

server_check_query        | select 1                         | yes

server_check_delay        | 30                               | yes

query_timeout             | 0                                | yes

query_wait_timeout        | 0                                | yes

client_idle_timeout       | 0                                | yes

client_login_timeout      | 60                               | yes

idle_transaction_timeout  | 0                                | yes

server_lifetime           | 3600                             | yes

server_idle_timeout       | 600                              | yes

server_connect_timeout    | 15                               | yes

server_login_retry        | 15                               | yes

server_round_robin        | 0                                | yes

suspend_timeout           | 10                               | yes

ignore_startup_parameters | extra_float_digits               | yes

disable_pqexec            | 0                                | no

dns_max_ttl               | 15                               | yes

dns_zone_check_period     | 0                                | yes

max_packet_size           | 2147483647                       | yes

pkt_buf                   | 2048                             | no

sbuf_loopcnt              | 5                                | yes

tcp_defer_accept          | 1                                | yes

tcp_socket_buffer         | 0                                | yes

tcp_keepalive             | 1                                | yes

tcp_keepcnt               | 0                                | yes

tcp_keepidle              | 0                                | yes

tcp_keepintvl             | 0                                | yes

verbose                   | 0                                | yes

admin_users               | postgres                         | yes

stats_users               | stats, postgres                  | yes

stats_period              | 60                               | yes

log_connections           | 1                                | yes

log_disconnections        | 1                                | yes

log_pooler_errors         | 1                                | yes

 

 

Thanks

Prabhjot

 

Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

From
"ktm@rice.edu"
Date:
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 05:09:10PM +0000, Sheena, Prabhjot wrote:
> Guys
>          I have an issue going on with PGBOUNCER which is slowing down the site
>
> PGBOUNCER VERSION:  pgbouncer-1.5.4-2.el6 (Hosted on separate machine) (16 cpu) 98GB RAM
> DATABASE VERION:         postgresql 9.3
>
> When the total client connections to pgbouncer are close to 1000, site application works fine but when  the total
clientconnections crosses 1150 site application starts showing slowness. 
>
> Here is an example of output
>
> postgres@symds-pg:~ $ netstat -atnp | grep 5432  | wc
> (Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
> will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
>     960    6720  104640
>
>
> As you can see total connections are like 960 right now my site application is working fine. When connections crosses
1150 and even though I see lot of available connections coz my  default_pool_size is set high to 250  but still the
applicationgets slow. Database performance  on the other end is great with no slow running queries or anything. So the
onlyplace I can think the issue is at PGBOUNCER end. 
>

Hi Prabhjot,

This is classic behavior when you have a 1024 file limit. When you are below that
number, it work fine. Above that number, you must wait for a connection to close
and exit before you can connect which will cause a delay. See what ulimit has to
say?

Regards,
Ken


Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

From
"Sheena, Prabhjot"
Date:
Here is the output of OS limits

postgres@symds-pg:~ $ ulimit -a

core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
scheduling priority             (-e) 0
file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
pending signals                 (-i) 790527
max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 32
max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files                      (-n) 4096
pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
real-time priority              (-r) 0
stack size              (kbytes, -s) 10240
cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes              (-u) 16384
virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
file locks                      (-x) unlimited


Thanks
Prabhjot

-----Original Message-----
From: ktm@rice.edu [mailto:ktm@rice.edu]
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 10:16 AM
To: Sheena, Prabhjot
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 05:09:10PM +0000, Sheena, Prabhjot wrote:
> Guys
>          I have an issue going on with PGBOUNCER which is slowing down
> the site
>
> PGBOUNCER VERSION:  pgbouncer-1.5.4-2.el6 (Hosted on separate machine) (16 cpu) 98GB RAM
> DATABASE VERION:         postgresql 9.3
>
> When the total client connections to pgbouncer are close to 1000, site application works fine but when  the total
clientconnections crosses 1150 site application starts showing slowness. 
>
> Here is an example of output
>
> postgres@symds-pg:~ $ netstat -atnp | grep 5432  | wc (Not all
> processes could be identified, non-owned process info will not be
> shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
>     960    6720  104640
>
>
> As you can see total connections are like 960 right now my site application is working fine. When connections crosses
1150 and even though I see lot of available connections coz my  default_pool_size is set high to 250  but still the
applicationgets slow. Database performance  on the other end is great with no slow running queries or anything. So the
onlyplace I can think the issue is at PGBOUNCER end. 
>

Hi Prabhjot,

This is classic behavior when you have a 1024 file limit. When you are below that number, it work fine. Above that
number,you must wait for a connection to close and exit before you can connect which will cause a delay. See what
ulimithas to say? 

Regards,
Ken


Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

From
"ktm@rice.edu"
Date:
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 05:41:01PM +0000, Sheena, Prabhjot wrote:
> Here is the output of OS limits
>
> postgres@symds-pg:~ $ ulimit -a
>
> core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
> data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
> scheduling priority             (-e) 0
> file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
> pending signals                 (-i) 790527
> max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 32
> max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
> open files                      (-n) 4096
> pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
> POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
> real-time priority              (-r) 0
> stack size              (kbytes, -s) 10240
> cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
> max user processes              (-u) 16384
> virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
> file locks                      (-x) unlimited
>
>
> Thanks
> Prabhjot
>

I would bump your open files as was suggested in your pgbouncer start
script.

Regards,
Ken


Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

From
"Sheena, Prabhjot"
Date:
Hi Ken/ Will

  I have checked the ulimit value and we are nowhere hitting the max 4096 that we have currently set. Is there any
otherexplanation why we should be thinking of bumping it to like ulimit -n 50000 ( Add ulimit -n 50000 to the start of
whateveryou use to start pgbouncer (init script, etc..)) even though we are not reaching 4096 max value 

Regards
Prabhjot Singh



-----Original Message-----
From: ktm@rice.edu [mailto:ktm@rice.edu]
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 11:10 AM
To: Sheena, Prabhjot
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 05:41:01PM +0000, Sheena, Prabhjot wrote:
> Here is the output of OS limits
>
> postgres@symds-pg:~ $ ulimit -a
>
> core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
> data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
> scheduling priority             (-e) 0
> file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
> pending signals                 (-i) 790527
> max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 32
> max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
> open files                      (-n) 4096
> pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
> POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
> real-time priority              (-r) 0
> stack size              (kbytes, -s) 10240
> cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
> max user processes              (-u) 16384
> virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
> file locks                      (-x) unlimited
>
>
> Thanks
> Prabhjot
>

I would bump your open files as was suggested in your pgbouncer start script.

Regards,
Ken


Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

From
Jerry Sievers
Date:
"Sheena, Prabhjot" <Prabhjot.Singh@classmates.com> writes:

> Hi Ken/ Will
>
>   I have checked the ulimit value and we are nowhere hitting the max
>   4096 that we have currently set. Is there any other explanation why
>   we should be thinking of bumping it to like ulimit -n 50000 ( Add
>   ulimit -n 50000 to the start of whatever you use to start pgbouncer
>   (init script, etc..)) even though we are not reaching 4096 max value

If I can assume you're running on linux, best you get limits readout
from...

/proc/$PID-of-bouncer-process/limits

Best not to trust that run time env of interactive shell is same as
where bouncer launched from.

FWIW


> Regards
> Prabhjot Singh
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ktm@rice.edu [mailto:ktm@rice.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 11:10 AM
> To: Sheena, Prabhjot
> Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 05:41:01PM +0000, Sheena, Prabhjot wrote:
>> Here is the output of OS limits
>>
>> postgres@symds-pg:~ $ ulimit -a
>>
>> core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
>> data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
>> scheduling priority             (-e) 0
>> file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
>> pending signals                 (-i) 790527
>> max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 32
>> max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
>> open files                      (-n) 4096
>> pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
>> POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
>> real-time priority              (-r) 0
>> stack size              (kbytes, -s) 10240
>> cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
>> max user processes              (-u) 16384
>> virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
>> file locks                      (-x) unlimited
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Prabhjot
>>
>
> I would bump your open files as was suggested in your pgbouncer start script.
>
> Regards,
> Ken

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Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

From
Igor Neyman
Date:

-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org [mailto:pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Sheena,
Prabhjot
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:19 PM
To: ktm@rice.edu; Will Platnick
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

Hi Ken/ Will

  I have checked the ulimit value and we are nowhere hitting the max 4096 that we have currently set. Is there any
otherexplanation why we should be thinking of bumping it to like ulimit -n 50000 ( Add ulimit -n 50000 to the start of
whateveryou use to start pgbouncer (init script, etc..)) even though we are not reaching 4096 max value 

Regards
Prabhjot Singh



-----Original Message-----
From: ktm@rice.edu [mailto:ktm@rice.edu]
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 11:10 AM
To: Sheena, Prabhjot
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 05:41:01PM +0000, Sheena, Prabhjot wrote:
> Here is the output of OS limits
>
> postgres@symds-pg:~ $ ulimit -a
>
> core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
> data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
> scheduling priority             (-e) 0
> file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
> pending signals                 (-i) 790527
> max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 32
> max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
> open files                      (-n) 4096
> pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
> POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
> real-time priority              (-r) 0
> stack size              (kbytes, -s) 10240
> cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
> max user processes              (-u) 16384
> virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
> file locks                      (-x) unlimited
>
>
> Thanks
> Prabhjot
>

I would bump your open files as was suggested in your pgbouncer start script.

Regards,
Ken

---

Why are you so sure that it is PgBouncer causing slowness?

You, said, bouncer pool_size is set to 250.  How many cores do you have on your db server?

Also, why are you running bouncer on a separate machine?  It is very "light-weight", so running it on the db server
wouldn'trequire much additional resource, but will eliminate some network traffic that you have with the current
configuration.

Regards,
Igor Neyman




Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

From
"ktm@rice.edu"
Date:
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 07:19:13PM +0000, Sheena, Prabhjot wrote:
> Hi Ken/ Will
>
>   I have checked the ulimit value and we are nowhere hitting the max 4096 that we have currently set. Is there any
otherexplanation why we should be thinking of bumping it to like ulimit -n 50000 ( Add ulimit -n 50000 to the start of
whateveryou use to start pgbouncer (init script, etc..)) even though we are not reaching 4096 max value 
>
> Regards
> Prabhjot Singh
>

Hi,

Try attaching to the pgbouncer with strace and see if you are getting any particular
errors. Do you have a /etc/security/limits.d directory? And if so, what is in it?
We found a nice default ulimit of 1024 for all non-root users. :(

Regards,
Ken


Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

From
"Sheena, Prabhjot"
Date:
Here is the output of pid

postgres@symds-pg:~ $ cat /proc/15610/limits
Limit                     Soft Limit           Hard Limit           Units
Max cpu time              unlimited            unlimited            seconds
Max file size             unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max data size             unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max stack size            10485760             unlimited            bytes
Max core file size        0                    0                    bytes
Max resident set          unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max processes             16384                16384                processes
Max open files            4096                 4096                 files
Max locked memory         32768                32768                bytes
Max address space         unlimited            unlimited            bytes
Max file locks            unlimited            unlimited            locks
Max pending signals       790527               790527               signals
Max msgqueue size         819200               819200               bytes
Max nice priority         0                    0
Max realtime priority     0                    0


Thanks
Prabhjot Singh

-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Sievers [mailto:gsievers19@comcast.net]
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 12:47 PM
To: Sheena, Prabhjot
Cc: ktm@rice.edu; Will Platnick; pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the site)

"Sheena, Prabhjot" <Prabhjot.Singh@classmates.com> writes:

> Hi Ken/ Will
>
>   I have checked the ulimit value and we are nowhere hitting the max
>   4096 that we have currently set. Is there any other explanation why
>   we should be thinking of bumping it to like ulimit -n 50000 ( Add
>   ulimit -n 50000 to the start of whatever you use to start pgbouncer
>   (init script, etc..)) even though we are not reaching 4096 max value

If I can assume you're running on linux, best you get limits readout from...

/proc/$PID-of-bouncer-process/limits

Best not to trust that run time env of interactive shell is same as where bouncer launched from.

FWIW


> Regards
> Prabhjot Singh
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ktm@rice.edu [mailto:ktm@rice.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2015 11:10 AM
> To: Sheena, Prabhjot
> Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [PERFORM] PGBOUNCER ISSUE PLEASE HELP(Slowing down the
> site)
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 05:41:01PM +0000, Sheena, Prabhjot wrote:
>> Here is the output of OS limits
>>
>> postgres@symds-pg:~ $ ulimit -a
>>
>> core file size          (blocks, -c) 0
>> data seg size           (kbytes, -d) unlimited
>> scheduling priority             (-e) 0
>> file size               (blocks, -f) unlimited
>> pending signals                 (-i) 790527
>> max locked memory       (kbytes, -l) 32
>> max memory size         (kbytes, -m) unlimited
>> open files                      (-n) 4096
>> pipe size            (512 bytes, -p) 8
>> POSIX message queues     (bytes, -q) 819200
>> real-time priority              (-r) 0
>> stack size              (kbytes, -s) 10240
>> cpu time               (seconds, -t) unlimited
>> max user processes              (-u) 16384
>> virtual memory          (kbytes, -v) unlimited
>> file locks                      (-x) unlimited
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Prabhjot
>>
>
> I would bump your open files as was suggested in your pgbouncer start script.
>
> Regards,
> Ken

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Postgres DBA/Development Consulting
e: postgres.consulting@comcast.net
p: 312.241.7800