Re: Postgres locking up?

From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs(at)crankycanuck(dot)ca>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgres locking up?
Date: 2006-09-29 19:30:06
Message-ID: 20060929193006.GF23697@phlogiston.dyndns.org
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On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 03:24:14PM -0400, Brian Hurt wrote:
> I'm experiencing a problem with our postgres database. Queries that
> normally take seconds suddenly start taking hours, if they complete at
> all.

The first thing I'd do is EXPLAIN and EXPLAIN ANALYSE on the queries
in question.

The next thing I'd look for is OS-level performance problems.

A

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