Re: sudden spurt in swap utilization (was:cpu bound postgresql setup.)

From: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>
To: "Rajesh Kumar Mallah" <mallah(dot)rajesh(at)gmail(dot)com>, "Yeb Havinga" <yebhavinga(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: sudden spurt in swap utilization (was:cpu bound postgresql setup.)
Date: 2010-06-25 14:32:18
Message-ID: 4C2477A20200002500032B03@gw.wicourts.gov
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Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah(dot)rajesh(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> its now non business hours and
> SELECT procpid,current_query from pg_stat_activity where
> current_query not ilike '%idle%' ;
> is just 5-10, i am yet to measure it during business hours.

Be careful about '<IDLE> in transaction' status. Those are a
problem if the transaction remains active for very long, because
vacuum (autovacuum or otherwise) can't free space for dead rows
which could still be visible to the '<IDLE> in transaction'
connection. It's normal to see this status briefly between
statements in a transaction, but it's a problem if a connection just
sits there in this status.

-Kevin

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