Re: Postgres locking up?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Brian Hurt <bhurt(at)janestcapital(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgres locking up?
Date: 2006-09-29 20:58:05
Message-ID: 3233.1159563485@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Brian Hurt <bhurt(at)janestcapital(dot)com> writes:
> I'm experiencing a problem with our postgres database. Queries that
> normally take seconds suddenly start taking hours, if they complete at
> all.

Are they waiting? Consuming CPU? Consuming I/O? top and vmstat will
help you find out.

regards, tom lane

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