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Locks in PostgreSQL: 2. Row-level locks

database management systems apply escalation of locks: if the number of row-level locks gets too high, they are replaced with one, more general lock (for example: a page-level or an entire table-level

Locks in PostgreSQL: 1. Relation-level locks

created at startup, so to change any of the two above parameters a server restart is required. You can see all the locks in the pg_locks view. If a resource is already locked

WAL in PostgreSQL: 4. Setup and Tuning

create the data snapshot to track changes to the system catalog. We will not go into details of backup and replication now since this is a topic for a separate series of articles. Reliability

WAL in PostgreSQL: 3. Checkpoint

CREATE EXTENSION pg_buffercache; => SELECT count(*) FROM pg_buffercache WHERE isdirty; count ------- 78 (1 row) Let's remember the current WAL location: => SELECT pg_current_wal_insert_lsn(); pg_current_wal_insert

WAL in PostgreSQL: 2. Write-Ahead Log

created. The utility can also work with a range of LSNs (as in this example) and select the records for a transaction specified. You should run the utility as postgres OS user since it will

WAL in PostgreSQL: 1. Buffer Cache

creating (see the "Training courses" section of our website), but does not repeat them verbatim and is intended for careful reading and self-experimenting. This series will consist of four parts: Buffer cache (this article

MVCC in PostgreSQL — 8. Freezing

created the rows ( xmin_age ) equals one - this is the last transaction performed in the system: => SELECT * FROM heap_page('tfreeze',0,1); ctid | state | xmin | xmin_age | xmax | t_ctid -------+--------+---------+----------+-------+-------- (0,1) | normal

MVCC in PostgreSQL — 7. Autovacuum

database, and they will work together. "Together" just means that the second process will build its own list and work through it. So, only different tables will be processed in parallel, but there

MVCC in PostgreSQL — 6. Vacuum

database: reports running for hours will not let updated tables be duly vacuumed. Creation of a separate

MVCC in PostgreSQL — 5. In-page vacuum and HOT updates

created as a result of updates. The default value for tables is 100, that is, no space is reserved (and the default value for indexes is 90). In-page vacuum deletes tuples that

Hacking PostgreSQL 13 Webinar: Questions & Answers

database migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL? A. From what I know, Alicja Kucharczyk has recently created

MVCC in PostgreSQL — 4. Snapshots

created by a not-yet-completed transaction and is, therefore, not visible yet. But all transactions "beyond the horizon" are completed for sure. You can see the transaction horizon in the system catalog: => BEGIN

PostgreSQL monitoring using Zabbix Agent 2: easy and extensible

CREATE USER 'zbx_monitor' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>'; GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_catalog.pg_ls_dir(text) TO zbx_monitor; GRANT EXECUTE ON FUNCTION pg_catalog.pg_stat_file(text) TO zbx_monitor

MVCC in PostgreSQL — 2. Forks, files, pages

database objects that contain some data consisting of rows. There is no doubt that a table consists of rows, but this is less obvious for an index. However, imagine a B-tree: it consists

Parallelism in PostgreSQL: treatment of trees and conscience

database tables only was the result of this. Previously, it was possible to fix a weakness with access to the root of B-tree . PostgreSQL was not created