Re: cpu bound postgresql setup.

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truncated.  I'll extract that to the message body and reply to what
made it through.

Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah.rajesh@gmail.com> wrote:

> Firstly many thanks for responding. I am concerned because the
> load averages have increased and users complaining  of slowness.

If performance has gotten worse, then something has changed.  It
would be helpful to know what.  More users?  New software?  Database
growth?  Database bloat?  (etc.)

> I do not change settings frequenly.

That doesn't mean your current settings can't be changed to make
things better.

> I was curious if there is  any half dead component in th

Have you reviewed what shows up if you run (as a database
superuser)?:

  select * from pg_stat_activity;

You might want to review this page:

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/SlowQueryQuestions

-Kevin