Re: High SYS CPU - need advise

On 11/14/12 1:13 PM, Vlad wrote:
> Postgresql 9.1.6.
> Postgres usually has 400-500 connected clients, most of them are idle.
> Database is over 1000 tables (across 5 namespaces), taking ~150Gb on disk.

thats a really high client connection count for a 8 core system.

I'd consider implementing a connection pool (like pgbouncer), and
rewriting your client applications to connect, do a transaction,
disconnect, so the actual number of postgres connections is much lower,
say in the 16-48 range.


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