Hi this is the first time I'm working with Posgresql other than a defualt install.
I have a CentOS 5.5 virtual machine with - 4 virtual cpus , 8 Gig RAM , resource pool set to High (8000) running on a vmware ESXi 4.1 host - 4 x 2.4 GHz cpus AMD 6 cores each, 96 Gig ram, storage is provided by HP Left hand SAN iSCSI. I'm running post Postgresql 8.4.4 rpm from the postgresql repo. What I need to clarify is wether the performance issue the website that uses database is experiencing is related to postgresql miss configuration or bad code in the site. Customisations in the postgresql.conf max_connections = 1000 shared_buffers = 4096MB temp_buffers = 512MB work_mem = 10MB # min 64kB maintenance_work_mem = 160MB # min 1MB fsync = off synchronous_commit = on wal_sync_method = open_sync full_page_writes = off effective_cache_size = 32MB join_collapse_limit = 1 autovacuum_vacuum_cost_delay = 100ms checkpoint_segments = 60 this configuration gives the following pgbench results [mac...@topnz15209-linux ~]$ pgbench -h drvppgs01 -U postgres -c 40 -T 120 test starting vacuum...end. transaction type: TPC-B (sort of) scaling factor: 1 query mode: simple number of clients: 40 duration: 120 s number of transactions actually processed: 47070 tps = 391.660580 (including connections establishing) tps = 392.523468 (excluding connections establishing) pgbench was setup with pgbench -h drvppgs01 -U postgres -c 40 -T 120 -i test -F 100 -S 15 mpstat every 5 seconds gives the following: 11:17:15 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:17:15 PM all 9.04 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.67 1154.93 11:17:15 PM 0 8.10 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.52 989.97 11:17:15 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.09 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.65 75.42 11:17:15 PM 2 7.30 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.86 2.00 11:17:15 PM 3 8.98 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.41 0.00 88.66 87.54 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7748 235 0 157 7226 -/+ buffers/cache: 363 7619 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:17:20 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:17:20 PM all 9.04 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.67 1155.01 11:17:20 PM 0 8.10 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.97 11:17:20 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.09 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.65 75.42 11:17:20 PM 2 7.30 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.86 2.00 11:17:20 PM 3 8.99 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.66 87.63 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7748 235 0 157 7226 -/+ buffers/cache: 364 7619 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:17:25 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:17:25 PM all 9.04 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.67 1155.09 11:17:25 PM 0 8.10 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.97 11:17:25 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.09 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.65 75.42 11:17:25 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.86 2.00 11:17:25 PM 3 8.99 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.66 87.71 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7748 235 0 157 7226 -/+ buffers/cache: 363 7619 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:17:30 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:17:30 PM all 9.04 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.67 1155.18 11:17:30 PM 0 8.10 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.97 11:17:30 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.09 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.65 75.41 11:17:30 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.86 2.00 11:17:30 PM 3 8.99 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.65 87.80 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7748 235 0 157 7226 -/+ buffers/cache: 363 7619 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:17:35 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:17:35 PM all 9.04 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.67 1155.23 11:17:35 PM 0 8.10 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.97 11:17:35 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.09 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.65 75.41 11:17:35 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.86 2.00 11:17:35 PM 3 8.99 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.65 87.86 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7748 235 0 157 7227 -/+ buffers/cache: 363 7619 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:17:40 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:17:40 PM all 9.04 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.67 1155.28 11:17:40 PM 0 8.10 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.97 11:17:40 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.09 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.65 75.41 11:17:40 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.86 2.00 11:17:40 PM 3 8.99 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.65 87.91 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7748 235 0 157 7227 -/+ buffers/cache: 363 7620 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:17:45 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:17:45 PM all 9.04 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.67 1155.33 11:17:45 PM 0 8.10 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.97 11:17:45 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.09 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.65 75.40 11:17:45 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.86 2.00 11:17:45 PM 3 8.99 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.65 87.96 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7749 234 0 157 7227 -/+ buffers/cache: 364 7619 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:17:50 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:17:50 PM all 9.04 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.66 1155.38 11:17:50 PM 0 8.10 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.97 11:17:50 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.10 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.65 75.40 11:17:50 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.86 2.00 11:17:50 PM 3 8.99 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.65 88.02 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7749 234 0 157 7227 -/+ buffers/cache: 364 7619 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:17:55 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:17:55 PM all 9.04 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.66 1155.43 11:17:55 PM 0 8.10 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.97 11:17:55 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.10 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.64 75.40 11:17:55 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.86 2.00 11:17:55 PM 3 8.99 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.64 88.07 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7749 234 0 157 7227 -/+ buffers/cache: 364 7619 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:18:00 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:18:00 PM all 9.05 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.66 1155.48 11:18:00 PM 0 8.10 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.97 11:18:00 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.10 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.64 75.40 11:18:00 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.86 2.00 11:18:00 PM 3 9.00 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.64 88.13 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7749 234 0 157 7227 -/+ buffers/cache: 364 7619 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:18:05 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:18:05 PM all 9.05 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.66 1155.53 11:18:05 PM 0 8.10 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.97 11:18:05 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.10 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.64 75.39 11:18:05 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.86 2.00 11:18:05 PM 3 9.00 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.64 88.18 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7734 248 0 157 7211 -/+ buffers/cache: 365 7618 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:18:10 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:18:10 PM all 9.05 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.66 1155.58 11:18:10 PM 0 8.10 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.97 11:18:10 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.10 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.64 75.39 11:18:10 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.86 2.00 11:18:10 PM 3 9.00 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.64 88.23 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7735 248 0 157 7212 -/+ buffers/cache: 365 7618 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:18:15 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:18:15 PM all 9.05 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.66 1155.63 11:18:15 PM 0 8.10 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.97 11:18:15 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.10 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.64 75.39 11:18:15 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.85 2.00 11:18:15 PM 3 9.00 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.63 88.28 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7736 247 0 157 7213 -/+ buffers/cache: 365 7618 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:18:20 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:18:20 PM all 9.05 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.66 1155.68 11:18:20 PM 0 8.11 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.97 11:18:20 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.10 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.64 75.38 11:18:20 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.85 2.00 11:18:20 PM 3 9.00 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.63 88.34 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7737 246 0 157 7214 -/+ buffers/cache: 365 7618 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:18:25 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:18:25 PM all 9.05 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.66 1155.73 11:18:25 PM 0 8.11 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.51 989.96 11:18:25 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.10 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.64 75.38 11:18:25 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.85 2.00 11:18:25 PM 3 9.00 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.63 88.39 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7738 244 0 157 7215 -/+ buffers/cache: 365 7618 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:18:30 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:18:30 PM all 9.05 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.66 1155.78 11:18:30 PM 0 8.11 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.50 989.96 11:18:30 PM 1 11.77 0.00 2.10 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.64 75.38 11:18:30 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.85 2.00 11:18:30 PM 3 9.00 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.63 88.44 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7739 243 0 157 7216 -/+ buffers/cache: 365 7618 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:18:35 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:18:35 PM all 9.05 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.66 1155.83 11:18:35 PM 0 8.11 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.50 989.96 11:18:35 PM 1 11.78 0.00 2.10 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.64 75.38 11:18:35 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.85 2.00 11:18:35 PM 3 9.00 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.63 88.50 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7740 243 0 157 7217 -/+ buffers/cache: 365 7618 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:18:40 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:18:40 PM all 9.05 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.66 1155.88 11:18:40 PM 0 8.11 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.50 989.96 11:18:40 PM 1 11.78 0.00 2.10 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.64 75.37 11:18:40 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.85 2.00 11:18:40 PM 3 9.01 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.62 88.55 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7678 305 0 157 7218 -/+ buffers/cache: 302 7681 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Linux 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 (drvppgs01) 11/30/2010 11:18:45 PM CPU %user %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %idle intr/s 11:18:45 PM all 9.05 0.00 1.77 0.22 0.06 0.24 0.00 88.66 1155.87 11:18:45 PM 0 8.11 0.00 1.80 0.44 0.02 0.13 0.00 89.50 989.96 11:18:45 PM 1 11.78 0.00 2.10 0.07 0.09 0.33 0.00 85.64 75.37 11:18:45 PM 2 7.31 0.00 1.50 0.25 0.00 0.09 0.00 90.85 2.00 11:18:45 PM 3 9.01 0.00 1.70 0.13 0.12 0.42 0.00 88.63 88.54 total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 7983 7674 308 0 157 7218 -/+ buffers/cache: 298 7685 Swap: 1725 0 1725 Are these stats realisitic ? Is the server performing correctly ? Can I configure it better ? Thanks G -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
