Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZiJ7R-0001s6-VC for pgsql-performance@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 03 Oct 2015 09:28:42 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1ZiJ7R-000677-HN for pgsql-performance@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sat, 03 Oct 2015 09:28:41 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1ZiJ5o-0004I8-Fz for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Sat, 03 Oct 2015 09:27:00 +0000 Received: from mail.anarazel.de ([217.115.131.40]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84) (envelope-from ) id 1ZiJ5l-0004XP-Rk for pgsql-performance@postgresql.org; Sat, 03 Oct 2015 09:26:59 +0000 Received: by mail.anarazel.de (Postfix, from userid 108) id BEF05860002; Sat, 3 Oct 2015 11:26:55 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on mail X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.1 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from anarazel.de (p5DDC46E8.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [93.220.70.232]) (Authenticated sender: andres@anarazel.de) by mail.anarazel.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4D133860001; Sat, 3 Oct 2015 11:26:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: by anarazel.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CF9F2102C18; Sat, 3 Oct 2015 11:26:30 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 11:26:30 +0200 From: Andres Freund To: ajaykbs Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Multi processor server overloads occationally with system process while running postgresql-9.4 Message-ID: <20151003092615.GA16902@awork2.anarazel.de> References: <1443861573710-5868474.post@n5.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1443861573710-5868474.post@n5.nabble.com> X-Pg-Spam-Score: -4.2 (----) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-performance Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org On 2015-10-03 01:39:33 -0700, ajaykbs wrote: > It is observed that at some times during moderate load > the CPU usage goes up to 400% and the users are not able to complete the > queries in expected time. But the load is contributed by some system process > only.The average connections are normally 50. This email is nearly impossible to read. But it sounds a bit like you need to disable transparent hugepages and/or zone_reclaim mode. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance