Re: Performance issue with 8.2.3 - "C" application

Looks like that was the problem - got a day under the belt now with the
8.2.4 rev and all is back to normal.

Karl Denninger ()
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Karl Denninger wrote:
> Aha!
>
> BIG difference.  I won't know for sure until the biz day tomorrow but
> the "first blush" look is that it makes a HUGE difference in system
> load, and I no longer have the stats collector process on the top of
> the "top" list......
>
> Karl Denninger ()
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> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Karl Denninger <> writes:
>>
>>> Hmmmmm..... now that's interesting.  Stats collector IS accumulating
>>> quite a bit of runtime..... me thinks its time to go grab 8.2.4.
>>>
>>
>> I think Merlin might have nailed it --- the "stats collector bug" is
>> that it tries to write out the stats file way more often than it
>> should.  So any excessive userland CPU time you see is just the tip
>> of the iceberg compared to the system and I/O costs incurred.
>>
>>             regards, tom lane
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