Hi. Autoexplain module allow to log plans and statistics of live queries. Try it. 2011/9/3, Gerhard Wohlgenannt <wohlg@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Dear list, > > we are encountering serious performance problems with our database. > Queries which took around 100ms or less last week now take several seconds. > > The database runs on Ubuntu Server 10.4.3 (kernel: 2.6.32-33) on > hardware as follows: > 8-core Intel Xeon CPU with 2.83GHz > 48 GB RAM > RAID 5 with 8 SAS disks > PostgreSQL 8.4.8 (installed from the Ubuntu repository). > > Additionally to the DB the machine also hosts a few virtual machines. In > the past everything worked very well and the described problem occurs > just out of the blue. We don't know of any postgresql config changes or > anything else which might explain the performance reduction. > We have a number of DBs running in the cluster, and the problem seems to > affect all of them. > > We checked the performance of the RAID .. which is reasonable for eg. > "hdparm -tT". Memory is well used, but not swapping. > vmstat shows, that the machine isn't using the swap and the load > shouldn't be also to high: > root@host:~# vmstat > procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- > ----cpu---- > r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us > sy id wa > 0 0 0 308024 884812 40512932 0 0 464 168 353 92 > 4 2 84 9 > > Bonnie++ results given below, I am no expert at interpreting those :-) > > > Activating log_min_duration shows for instance this query --- there are > now constantly queries which take absurdely long. > > 2011-09-02 22:38:18 CEST LOG: Dauer: 25520.374 ms Anweisung: SELECT > keyword_id FROM keywords.table_x WHERE keyword=E'diplomaten' > > db=# explain analyze SELECT keyword_id FROM keywords.table_x WHERE > keyword=E'diplomaten'; > > QUERY PLAN > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Index Scan using idx_table_x_keyword on table_x (cost=0.00..8.29 > rows=1 width=4) (actual time=0.039..0.041 rows=1 loops=1) > Index Cond: ((keyword)::text = 'diplomaten'::text) > Total runtime: 0.087 ms > (3 Zeilen) > > db=# \d keywords.table_x > Tabelle »keywords.table_x« > Spalte | Typ > | Attribute > ------------+-------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > keyword_id | integer | not null Vorgabewert > nextval('keywords.table_x_keyword_id_seq'::regclass) > keyword | character varying | > so | double precision | > Indexe: > "table_x_pkey" PRIMARY KEY, btree (keyword_id) CLUSTER > "idx_table_x_keyword" btree (keyword) > Fremdschlüsselverweise von: > TABLE "keywords.table_x_has" CONSTRAINT > "table_x_has_keyword_id_fkey" FOREIGN KEY (keyword_id) REFERENCES > keywords.table_x(keyword_id) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE > > > > > Could you be so kind and give us any advice how to track down the > problem or comment on possible reasons??? > > Thank you very much in advance!!! > > Regards, > heinz + gerhard > > > > > > name > | current_setting > ----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > version | PostgreSQL 8.4.8 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, > compiled by GCC gcc-4.4.real (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) 4.4.3, 64-bit > archive_command | /usr/local/sbin/weblyzard-wal-archiver.sh > %p %f > archive_mode | on > checkpoint_segments | 192 > effective_cache_size | 25000MB > external_pid_file | /var/run/postgresql/8.4-main.pid > full_page_writes | on > geqo | on > lc_collate | de_AT.UTF-8 > lc_ctype | de_AT.UTF-8 > listen_addresses | * > log_line_prefix | %t > log_min_duration_statement | 3s > maintenance_work_mem | 500MB > max_connections | 250 > max_stack_depth | 2MB > port | 5432 > server_encoding | UTF8 > shared_buffers | 7000MB > ssl | on > TimeZone | localtime > unix_socket_directory | /var/run/postgresql > work_mem | 256MB > > > Results of Bonnie++ > > Version 1.96 ------Sequential Output------ --Sequential Input- > --Random- > Concurrency 1 -Per Chr- --Block-- -Rewrite- -Per Chr- --Block-- > --Seeks-- > Machine Size K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP K/sec %CP > /sec %CP > voyager 95G 1400 93 27804 3 16324 2 2925 96 41636 3 > 374.9 4 > Latency 7576us 233s 164s 15647us 13120ms > 3302ms > Version 1.96 ------Sequential Create------ --------Random > Create-------- > voyager -Create-- --Read--- -Delete-- -Create-- --Read--- > -Delete-- > files /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP /sec %CP > /sec %CP > 16 141 0 +++++ +++ 146 0 157 0 +++++ +++ > 172 0 > Latency 1020ms 128us 9148ms 598ms 37us > 485ms > 1.96,1.96,voyager,1,1314988752,95G,,1400,93,27804,3,16324,2,2925,96,41636,3,374.9,4,16,,,,,141,0,+++++,+++,146,0,157,0,+++++,+++,172,0,7576us,233s,164s,15647us,13120ms,3302ms,1020ms,128us,9148ms,598ms,37us,485ms > > > > > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance > -- ------------ pasman -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance