Re: Postgres CPU usage

I have never had the postmaster die on me, although I have made is slow to
almost a halt ;)

Performance really depends what your doing. It is possible to write a
query that uses all system resources.

I recommend restarting postgres and take a look at the CPU utilization and
make sure at start-up you are at a normal percent.

Then, execute your query once and look at the result. Is it at 100%? How
long does it stay at 100%?

Run EXPLAIN in psql on the major queries in your application and see what
the estimated cost is. If the cost is relatively low - there is probably a
configuration problem with your system architecture or PHP logic.

If the cost is very high you may need to rethink your query to better use
indexes, etc.

Good Luck!

-r

At 11:09 AM 5/24/01 -0600, Linh Luong wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I am running postgres7.1 and php4.0. When I do top while running my
>query via browser I notice that the postmaster process takes up almost
>100% of the CPU and this is just for one user. What would happen if
>multiple users does the same search at the same time would the
>postmaster die?
>
>Thanks
>
>
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