Re: Slowness

From: Raj <rajeshkumar(dot)dba09(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Pgsql-admin <pgsql-admin(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Slowness
Date: 2026-04-13 17:43:41
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Ok great. If I start with normal health check top, free -h, patronictl
list, and all status of components such as etcd, haproxy etcd pgnouncer ,
then stat user tables, pgstatactivity, pgstatstatements and error log.
Apart from this, what dba should do?

On Mon, 13 Apr 2026, 22:45 Laurenz Albe, <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> wrote:

> On Mon, 2026-04-13 at 22:05 +0530, Raj wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Apr 2026, 18:32 Laurenz Albe, <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2026-04-13 at 18:25 +0530, Raj wrote:
> > > > When customer says they are facing slowness, what all wee need to
> check in
> > > > postgres db with 3 node patroni set up (sync between 1 and 2) -
> async with dr.
> > > >
> > > > We recently migrated from oracle to postgres..vacuum analyze is done.
> > > >
> > > > How to check this during the time slowness faced and also after
> couple of hrs of issue window.
> > > >
> > > > Should we start with pgstatstatements and logs or how is it. Help.me
> hight level what all I need to check
> > >
> > > You have to figure out *what exactly* is slow. The customer has to
> tell you which
> > > statements are slow. The parameter "log_min_duratoin_statement" might
> help.
> > >
> > > Then you have to tune those statements.
> >
> > How long min duration statement is decided. Is it dba who decide how
> much needs to be set?
>
> Sorry, I made a typo. It is a database parameter and called
> "log_min_duration_statement".
>
> Your questions seem to indicate that you have almost no knowledge about
> PostgreSQL.
> Without database knowledge, it is impossible to find slow statements, let
> alone tune
> them. Perhaps you should spend some time with the PostgreSQL
> documentation or hire
> a consultant.
>
> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe
>

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