On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, Marcin wrote:
>
> Playing with postgresql.conf I changed "stats_command_string" to off,
> reloaded config, and restarted connection from applications (the
> postgresql
> wasn't restarted). The write rate immediately drops down, and is now
> at 8000-9000 blocks per second (which is still 4-5 times more than in
> 8.0.3).
>
A similar problem was reported before:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2005-12/msg00266.php
But we conclude that's not related to pgstats. See if that's related to
your situation.
Regards,
Qingqing