Re: [PG 8.1.0 / AIX 5.3] Vacuum processes freezing

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: RESTOUX, Loïc <loic(dot)restoux(at)capgemini(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PG 8.1.0 / AIX 5.3] Vacuum processes freezing
Date: 2007-06-13 18:06:28
Message-ID: 14786.1181757988@sss.pgh.pa.us
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=?iso-8859-1?Q?RESTOUX=2C_Lo=EFc?= <loic(dot)restoux(at)capgemini(dot)com> writes:
> Since some weeks, the amount of data hosted by the database grows, and, som=
> e nights, the database vacuum seems to "freeze" during his execution. In v=
> erbose mode, the logs show that the vacuum clean up a table (not always the=
> same table), and... no more news. The system shows a vacuum process, which=
> seems to be sleeping (no CPU used, no memory consumption...).

Have you looked into pg_locks to see if it's blocked on someone else's lock?

regards, tom lane

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