Re: strange pauses

Hi

>> Search this list for references to "checkpoints". If you run
>> vmstat/iostat for a bit you should see bursts of disk activity at
>> those times.
>
> The most straightforward way to prove or disprove that the slow queries
> line up with checkpoints is to set to checkpoint_warning to a high value
> (3600 should work), which should log every checkpoint, and then see if
> they show up at the same time in the logs.

You guys were spot on.  During these pauses the IO goes up high.

I've got the following set:
checkpoint_timeout = 5min
checkpoint_warning = 3600s

log_min_messages = info

But I see nothing in the logs about checkpoints

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