Hello,
> Absolutely. SystemTap would be
useful if I'm able to reproduce the situation
> outside the production system. However, in most cases, it would be
actually
> difficult.
At the db level, Oracle provides "Database replay" feature. that
lets you replay the production server events in the development/test environment.
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/e12253/dbr_intro.htm
Won't something like this be useful
in PostgreSQL? It will let us mimic the production environment load and
analyze it better.
Regards,
Jayadevan
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