Re: [GENERAL] 100% cpu usage on some postmaster processes kill the complete database

2012-03-01 Thread Paul Dunkler
Hi,You're running on a box larger than I'm used to, so this is only speculation. I'm wondering whether you're hitting problems with lock contention or some such. It looks like you've got 48 cores there all at about 100% possibly none of them getting much chance to do any work.Yes. That is what i se

Re: [GENERAL] 100% cpu usage on some postmaster processes kill the complete database

2012-03-01 Thread Paul Dunkler
to nearby 100% too and 98% is system usage...Am 01.03.2012 um 18:02 schrieb Richard Huxton:On 01/03/12 16:41, Paul Dunkler wrote:Hi List,we are currently running a rather large postgresql-installation with approximately 4k Transactions and 50k index scans per second.In the last days on some times

[GENERAL] 100% cpu usage on some postmaster processes kill the complete database

2012-03-01 Thread Paul Dunkler
> Postgresql Version information: - PostgreSQL 9.1.2 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.4.5 20110214 (Red Hat 4.4.5-6), 64-bit - Running Hot Replication to another node (same hardware setup there) Server Hardware: - 4x 12 Core AMD Magny cours - 256 GB of RAM (36% currently used) - 1,3 TB SAS Raid (LSI Raid controller) - 15k rpm If i lost to include some important informations for you analyzing my problem, let me please know. I did my best to post the question as accurate as possible for me. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Paul Dunkler