From: | Chris Hoover <revoohc(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Disk Access Question |
Date: | 2005-09-20 18:02:33 |
Message-ID: | 1d219a6f05092011021da2b08d@mail.gmail.com |
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Sorry, for got to mention pg 7.3.4.
On 9/20/05, Chris Hoover <revoohc(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> I have a question on disk access.
>
> How often is PostgreSQL accessing/touching the files that are on the hard
> drive?
>
> What I'm trying to ask is, is PostgreSQL constantly updating access
> timestamps or something like that on the database files even if they are not
> being queried? This questions comes from an Oracle background where Oracle
> was updating the individual files every 3 seconds if I am remembering
> correctly.
>
> I am trying to figure out besides the queries, what sort of accessing is
> PostgreSQL doing to my drives so we can try and resolve some i/o issues.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
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