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From: Dennis <dennis@works4me.com>
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To: Qingqing Zhou <zhouqq@cs.toronto.edu>
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Subject: Re: performance problems ... 100 cpu utilization
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Qingqing Zhou wrote:

>Are you sure 100% CPU usage is solely contributed by Postgresql? Also, from
>the ps status you list, I can hardly see that's a problem because of problem
>you mentioned below.
>  
>
The postgreSQL processes are what is taking up all the cpu. There aren't 
any other major applications on the machine. Its a dedicated database 
server, only for this application.

It doesn't seem to make sense that PostgreSQL would be maxed out at this 
point. I think given the size of the box, it could do quite a bit 
better. So, what is going on? I don't know.

Dennis