Re: Checkpoint_segments optimal value

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Checkpoint_segments optimal value
Date: 2014-07-21 21:04:08
Message-ID: 53CD8048.4010002@hogranch.com
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On 7/21/2014 1:51 PM, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> The above might help, but I think the biggest problem may be your
> VM. You show very low disk I/O numbers, but a pretty significant
> fraction of the time waiting for I/O. The previously-suggested
> iostat output may help nail it down more specifically, but
> basically you seem to have a big problem with bandwidth for storage
> access. It's pretty disturbing to see lines in vmstat output which
> show zero disk in or out, but over 10% of CPU time waiting for
> storage?!?

that would suggest to me a large number of VMs sharing a single SATA
drive, or similar.

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john r pierce 37N 122W
somewhere on the middle of the left coast

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