Condor <condor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > For that reason Im asking is there a way to detect why my load avg > is 0.88. When I run select * from pg_stat_activity; So, on a 32 core system if you run vmstat or iostat with a short interval during such an episode, you should be seeing about 97% idle time for your CPUs. If you want to know what's sucking up the other 3%, you might want to try oprofile. -Kevin -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general