Re: Debian Bug#506196: postgresql: consume too much power when idle (>10 wakeups/second)

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, 506196(at)bugs(dot)debian(dot)org
Subject: Re: Debian Bug#506196: postgresql: consume too much power when idle (>10 wakeups/second)
Date: 2009-01-04 21:05:36
Message-ID: 20090104210536.GB26552@alvh.no-ip.org
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Xavier Bestel wrote:

> postgresql is installed on my machine because it was pulled by another package
> (can't remember which one). It doesn't do anything special, but it still does more
> then 10 wakeups/second on that system, uselessly. If idle, it shouldn't even appear
> in powertop's profile.

How many databases are there? I'm wondering if the wakeups are caused
by autovacuum. It could also be bgwriter.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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