Re: Gigantic load average spikes

On 4/1/19 8:06 AM, rihad wrote:
> On 04/01/2019 06:17 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>> 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?
>>>
>>> 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?
> 
> postgres

Have you tried hitting the 'c' key in top to get a fuller description?

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