On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Chris Barnes <compuguruchrisbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We have a situation where the database locks escalate and load causes > problems or the system crashes in some circumstances. > > We have munin installed and notice that the locks (access share locks) > climbed to 2.7k. > > I'm wondering what or how I can get a snapshot of the table(s) and perhaps > the culprit that is causing this either from postgres internally or some > other means? The access share locks are likely a symptom, not the cause. Look for what they're waiting on for the lock. It's usually an exclusive lock of some kind that causes this problem. We had an issue with a wayward update with no where clause causing an issue like this a year ago. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
