Re: Guide to Posting Slow Query Questions

From: Ants Aasma <ants(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Guide to Posting Slow Query Questions
Date: 2012-09-13 06:40:11
Message-ID: CA+CSw_sxnsjzrfuUYxfF3SzO3cvXma8kSUPcoQjiEjmRoWKfkw@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Regarding the wiki page on reporting slow queries:
> We currently recommend EXPLAIN ANALYZE over just EXPLAIN. Should we
> recommend EXPLAIN (ANALYZE, BUFFERS) instead? I know I very often
> wish I could see that data. I don't think turning buffer accounting
> on adds much cost over a mere ANALYZE.

Given the amount of version 8 installs out there the recommendation
should be qualified with version >9.0. Otherwise a strong +1

> Also, an additional thing that would be nice for people to report is
> whether long running queries are CPU bound or IO bound. Should we add
> that recommendation with links to how to do that in a couple OS, say,
> Linux and Windows. If so, does anyone know of good links that explain
> it for those OS?

I don't have any links for OS level monitoring, but with version 9.2
track_io_timing would do the job.

Ants Aasma
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