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From: Craig Ringer <ringerc@ringerc.id.au>
To: Tomas Vondra <tv@fuzzy.cz>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: strange pgbench results (as if blocked at the end)
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:18:48 +0800
Message-ID: <4E45C2E8.5070701@ringerc.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2f9ba8ed6e4ed11d9a6d236cb4d2a2ec.squirrel@sq.gransy.com>
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On 13/08/2011 7:37 AM, Tomas Vondra wrote:

> I'd understand a slowdown, but why does it block?

My first guess is that you're having checkpoint issues. Try enabling 
logging of checkpoints and checkpoint timings and see if anything there 
lines up with the pause you encounter.

--
Craig Ringer




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