Re: Gradual increase in CPU utilization by postmaster

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Yasuo Ohgaki" <yasuo_ohgaki(at)hotmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Rangachari Anand" <anand(at)reefedge(dot)com>, pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Gradual increase in CPU utilization by postmaster
Date: 2001-06-21 14:17:44
Message-ID: 13155.993133064@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Yasuo Ohgaki" <yasuo_ohgaki(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
> Postmaster size and CPU time increases gradually as time passes.
> After 25 minutes elapsed, postmaster size became about 7000.
> CPU time increased to about 90% from 70%.

> Terminating script and executing again will result in the same higher
> CPU and memory usage.
> Vacuuming table seems to reset this behavior.

Wait a minute, are we talking about *postmaster* size or *backend* size?

regards, tom lane

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