Re: Gigantic load average spikes

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: rihad <rihad(at)mail(dot)ru>, hjp-pgsql(at)hjp(dot)at
Cc: pgsql-general General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Gigantic load average spikes
Date: 2019-04-01 14:17:48
Message-ID: 1c9f287c-701c-8c62-dee2-1cc38721ef3d@aklaver.com
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On 3/31/19 10:08 PM, rihad wrote:
>> What exactly do you mean by "running processes"? I don't think I've ever
>> seen a Unix with only 1 to 3 running processes in total, so you are
>> probably referring to processes in a certain state. Runnable (R)?
>> Uninterruptible sleep (D)? Both? Something else?
>
> Just that, 250-300 running processes in top shown for a second. 250-300
> is the number of postgres worker processes used, but normally only 1-3
> of them are running according to top. At times of load FreeBSD (?)

So what are the process titles?

> schedules all of them to run. This doesn't really put the machine on its
> knees, it just impacts load avg.
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