On Thu, Jul 21, 2022 at 02:37:35PM -0400, bruno da silva wrote:
> I'm investigating an issue on a PostgresSql 9.5.21 installation that
> becomes unusable in an intermittent way. Simple queries like "select
> now();" could take 20s. commits take 2s. and all gets fixed after an engine
> restart.
>
> I look into the pg logs and no signs of errors. and checkpoints are
> always timed. The machine is well provisioned, load isn't too high, and cpu
> io wait is under 1%.
>
> any suggestions on what I should check more?
What OS/version is it ?
What GUCs have you changed ?
Is it a new issue ?
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Slow_Query_Questions
Operating system+version
What OS / version ? At least for linux, you can get the distribution by running: tail /etc/*release
GUC Settings
What database configuration settings have you changed? What are their values? (These are things like "shared_buffers",
"work_mem","enable_seq_scan", "effective_io_concurrency", "effective_cache_size", etc). See Server Configuration for a
usefulquery that will show all of your non-default database settings, in an easier to read format than posting pieces
ofyour postgresql.conf file.
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Justin