Re: performance config help

From: Greg Smith <greg(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Bob Dusek <redusek(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: performance config help
Date: 2010-01-11 22:12:33
Message-ID: 4B4BA251.60309@2ndquadrant.com
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Bob Dusek wrote:
>
> How do I learn more about the actual lock contention in my db?

There's a page with a sample query and links to more info at
http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Lock_Monitoring

One other little thing: when you're running "top", try using "top -c"
instead. That should show you exactly what all the postmaster backends
are actually doing, which is really handy to sort out issues in this area.

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Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant Baltimore, MD
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support
greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com www.2ndQuadrant.com

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