On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 09:12:43AM -0700, Melvin Davidson wrote: > Can anyone tell me how to measure _actual_ transactions per minute on a PostgreSQL server. I am not talking about using pgbench, as I am not interested in determining what is possible, but rather the actual count of queries / transactions being sent to the server. sure. run: select sum(xact_commit + xact_rollback) from pg_stat_database every minute, substract previous result from current, and you'll know your current tpm. Best regards, depesz -- Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/depesz / blog: http://www.depesz.com/ jid/gtalk: depesz@xxxxxxxxxx / aim:depeszhdl / skype:depesz_hdl / gg:6749007 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general