Re: [pgadmin-support] 100% CPU

From: Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>
To: Peter Newman <Peter(dot)Newman(at)iop(dot)org>
Cc: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] 100% CPU
Date: 2006-07-02 06:25:56
Message-ID: 44A766F4.8040606@paradise.net.nz
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> moving to -performance
>
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 08:32:39AM +0100, Peter Newman wrote:
>> Good Morning
>>
>> I am new to postgres and have been asked to look at a server where we
>> truncate a table then load data.
>>
>> The CPU has started to hit 100% usage during this process.
>>

This could be a good sign! - if you are using COPY into a table with no
indexes and your machine has a good IO subsystem, then typically cpu
becomes the limiting factor. However as Jim suggested, more details
would be good, otherwise we are just guessing!

Cheers

Mark

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