Josh Berkus <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Periodically the master runs an "update all rows" query on the main > table in the database. When this update hits the replica via > replication stream, *some* (about 5%) of the queries which do seq scans > will stall for 22 to 32 seconds (these queries normally take about > 75ms). Queries which do index scans seem not to be affected. > > Thing is, the update all rows only takes 2.5 seconds to execute on the > master. So even if the update is blocking the seq scans on the replica > (and I can't see why it would), it should only block them for < 3 seconds. Visibility hinting and/or hot pruning? -- Kevin Grittner EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-performance mailing list (pgsql-performance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-performance