Re: Performance issue with 8.2.3 - "C" application

From: Karl Denninger <karl(at)denninger(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Performance issue with 8.2.3 - "C" application
Date: 2007-07-25 03:35:41
Message-ID: 46A6C50D.1000908@denninger.net
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Aha!

BIG difference. I won't know for sure until the biz day tomorrow but
the "first blush" look is that it makes a HUGE difference in system
load, and I no longer have the stats collector process on the top of the
"top" list......

Karl Denninger (karl(at)denninger(dot)net)
http://www.denninger.net

Tom Lane wrote:
> Karl Denninger <karl(at)denninger(dot)net> writes:
>
>> Hmmmmm..... now that's interesting. Stats collector IS accumulating
>> quite a bit of runtime..... me thinks its time to go grab 8.2.4.
>>
>
> I think Merlin might have nailed it --- the "stats collector bug" is
> that it tries to write out the stats file way more often than it
> should. So any excessive userland CPU time you see is just the tip
> of the iceberg compared to the system and I/O costs incurred.
>
> regards, tom lane
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