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* VACUUM killing my CPU
@ 2006-05-09 09:45 blender@jaskom.pl
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From: blender@jaskom.pl @ 2006-05-09 09:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-performance
Hi all !
I am running PostgreSQL 7.3.2 on Linux 2.6.13...
What I see when VACUUM process is running is:
Cpu(s): 0.0% us, 3.2% sy, 0.0% ni, 0.0% id, 93.5% wa, 3.2% hi,
0.0% si
What I am worry about is "93.5% wa" ...
Could someone explain me what is the VACUUM process waiting for ?
Best regards
David
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* Re: VACUUM killing my CPU
@ 2006-05-10 04:08 Alan Hodgson <ahodgson@simkin.ca>
parent: blender@jaskom.pl
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From: Alan Hodgson @ 2006-05-10 04:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-performance
On May 9, 2006 02:45 am, blender@jaskom.pl wrote:
> What I am worry about is "93.5% wa" ...
>
> Could someone explain me what is the VACUUM process waiting for ?
>
Disk I/O.
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* Re: VACUUM killing my CPU
@ 2006-05-10 04:18 Rudi Starcevic <tech@wildcash.com>
parent: Alan Hodgson <ahodgson@simkin.ca>
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From: Rudi Starcevic @ 2006-05-10 04:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-performance
Hi,
>>What I am worry about is "93.5% wa" ...
>>
>>Could someone explain me what is the VACUUM process waiting for ?
>>
>
>
> Disk I/O.
>
CPU
wa: Time spent waiting for IO. Prior to Linux 2.5.41, shown as zero.
Just a little more info to help understand what Alan has pointed out.
Your CPU processes are waiting on the HDD ...
HTH
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Regards,
Rudi
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