Re: Gigantic load average spikes

On 3/31/19 10:08 PM, rihad wrote:
>> What exactly do you mean by "running processes"? I don't think I've ever
>> seen a Unix with only 1 to 3 running processes in total, so you are
>> probably referring to processes in a certain state. Runnable (R)?
>> Uninterruptible sleep (D)? Both? Something else?
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> Just that, 250-300 running processes in top shown for a second. 250-300 
> is the number of postgres worker processes used, but normally only 1-3 
> of them are running according to top. At times of load FreeBSD (?) 

So what are the process titles?

> schedules all of them to run. This doesn't really put the machine on its 
> knees, it just impacts load avg.
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