Re: Autovacuum issues with truncate and create index ...

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От Baptiste LHOSTE
Тема Re: Autovacuum issues with truncate and create index ...
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Msg-id 523296146.3763479.1356685888860.JavaMail.root@alaloop.com
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Ответ на Re: Autovacuum issues with truncate and create index ...  ("Kevin Grittner" <kgrittn@mail.com>)
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Hi,

Sorry for the late response but I was on holidays for christmas.

> Just so we know how to interpret that, how many minutes, hours, or
> days did you wait to see whether it would ever end?

I have waiting for 15 minutes in this state. I can not wait more time without losing some data for our client.

> At the time you captured data from pg_stat_activity and pg_locks,
> there were three autovacuum processes active, all running ANALYZE,
> and eight TRUNCATE commands active on "normal" connections. All the
> TRUNCATE statements started in the same second. One of the ANALYZE
> tasks started about a minute and a half before that, the other two
> started about a minute after the TRUNCATE statements. All are on
> different tables, and no heavyweight locking is showing up.

> I've heard enough reports of behavior like this to believe that
> there is some sort of bug here, but the nature of it is not
> apparent. We could really use more clues.

> If it doesn't cause too much pain to let it get into this state for
> a few minutes, it might help diagnose the issue if you could start
> `vmstat 1` before you let it get into this state, and capture `ps
> aux | postgres`, pg_stat_activity, and pg_locks at intervals while
> it is in this state. Looking at all of the above might suggest a
> cause. If we can find the cause, we can almost certainly fix it.


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Here is the state before changes of autovacuum thresholds :

LOAD 1 minute : 0.9

vmstat 1 :
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
 1 12 833844 353632 174740 9998572    0    0  6916   124 1985 1014  0  0 80 20
 0 10 833844 347848 174748 10004896    0    0  6280    28 2165 1079  0  0 89 10
 1  0 833844 343244 174768 10009772    0    0  4892   264 2213 1337  1  0 86 14
 0  0 833844 337244 174776 10015832    0    0  5116   256 1872 1851  2  0 97  1
 0 14 833844 331728 174780 10021824    0    0  5892  8072 2017 1287  0  0 79 21
 0 13 833844 325056 174792 10028556    0    0  6920   124 1902 1035  0  0 75 25
 0  3 833844 317872 174800 10035104    0    0  6404   264 2043 1642  0  0 84 15
 0  0 833844 310928 174816 10043196    0    0  7176    92 1861 1859  0  0 98  2
 0  1 833844 304240 174832 10049404    0    0  6664    16 1811 1728  0  0 98  2
 0 12 833844 297156 174836 10056628    0    0  6788  8868 2043 1329  0  0 94  6
 0  0 833844 309184 174844 10057936    0    0   904   480 1260 1727  1  0 93  6
 0  0 833844 308960 174844 10058236    0    0     0     0  702 1834  0  0 100  0
 0  0 833844 308780 174848 10058664    0    0     0    76  786 1935  0  0 100  0
 0  0 833844 308532 174848 10059052    0    0     0     0  747 1978  0  0 100  0
 0  0 833844 308152 174856 10059836    0    0     0  9384 1024 2213  0  0 84 16
 0  0 833844 308168 174856 10059780    0    0     0     0  718 1753  0  0 100  0
 0  0 833844 307796 174864 10060124    0    0     0    16  717 1755  0  0 99  0
 0  1 833844 307472 174868 10061052    0    0     0    20  793 1746  0  0 100  0
 0  0 833844 307728 174872 10061004    0    0     0     4  734 1675  0  0 99  0
 0  0 833844 307336 174888 10061736    0    0     0  9680  970 2041  0  0 91  9
 0  0 833844 307688 174888 10061732    0    0     0     0  632 1502  0  0 100  0

ps aux | grep postgres :
postgres  9189  2.5  4.7 991916 774368 ?       Ss   08:45   1:11 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35031) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9363  3.0  2.8 979456 470404 ?       Ss   09:15   0:29 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35091) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9364  2.6  3.2 979872 527124 ?       Ss   09:15   0:26 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35092) idle
                                                                     
root      9439  0.0  0.0  69512  3240 pts/3    S+   09:19   0:00 /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/psql -U asa flows
postgres  9440  0.0  0.0 887536  6152 ?        Ss   09:19   0:00 postgres: asa flows [local] idle
                                                                     
postgres  9450  2.5  2.2 980604 370920 ?       Ss   09:20   0:17 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35104) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9452  2.5  2.7 981196 459996 ?       Ss   09:20   0:17 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35106) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9505  6.0  1.3 966604 223428 ?       Ss   09:30   0:05 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35121) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9507  4.8  1.2 965212 198444 ?       Ss   09:30   0:04 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35123) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9508  4.8  1.1 975860 190392 ?       Ss   09:30   0:04 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35124) idle
                                                                     
root      9516  0.0  0.0   7548   728 pts/2    D+   09:31   0:00 grep postgres
postgres 11433  0.0  0.1 885744 26056 ?        S    Dec20   0:17 /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/postgres -D
/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main-c config_file=/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf 
postgres 11435  0.0  4.8 889276 790004 ?       Ss   Dec20  10:44 postgres: writer process
                                                                     
postgres 11436  0.0  0.0 886124   704 ?        Ss   Dec20   1:47 postgres: wal writer process
                                                                     
postgres 11437  0.0  0.0 894472  5104 ?        Ss   Dec20   4:42 postgres: autovacuum launcher process
                                                                     
postgres 11438  0.1  0.0  81956  4768 ?        Ss   Dec20  13:52 postgres: stats collector process
                                                                     
postgres 12443  0.0  4.9 903820 810512 ?       Ss   Dec20   0:58 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58799) idle
                                                                     
postgres 12444  0.0  5.1 945064 844512 ?       Ss   Dec20   6:09 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58800) idle
                                                                     
postgres 12453  0.0  0.0 887384  6860 ?        Ss   Dec20   0:00 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58801) idle
                                                                     
postgres 26141  0.3  5.3 976928 885872 ?       Ss   Dec22  33:47 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(40884) idle

select * from pg_stat_activity :
datid | datname | procpid | usesysid | usename |          current_query          | waiting |          xact_start
 |          query_start          |         backend_start         |  client_addr  | client_port  

-------+---------+---------+----------+---------+---------------------------------+---------+------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------+-------------
 42539 | flows   |    9189 |    16384 | asa     | <IDLE>                          | f       |
  | 2012-12-28 09:30:30.2453+01   | 2012-12-28 08:45:15.923245+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35031 
 42539 | flows   |   12443 |    16384 | asa     | <IDLE>                          | f       |
  | 2012-12-27 21:30:35.767577+01 | 2012-12-20 13:00:09.968633+01 | 10.48.168.163 |       58799 
 42539 | flows   |    9505 |    16384 | asa     | <IDLE>                          | f       |
  | 2012-12-28 09:30:26.735293+01 | 2012-12-28 09:30:17.273639+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35121 
 42539 | flows   |   12444 |    16384 | asa     | <IDLE>                          | f       |
  | 2012-12-27 15:15:22.785422+01 | 2012-12-20 13:00:16.82323+01  | 10.48.168.163 |       58800 
 42539 | flows   |   12453 |    16384 | asa     | <IDLE>                          | f       |
  | 2012-12-20 13:01:15.019182+01 | 2012-12-20 13:01:15.015847+01 | 10.48.168.163 |       58801 
 42539 | flows   |   26141 |    16384 | asa     | <IDLE>                          | f       |
  | 2012-12-28 06:19:58.348495+01 | 2012-12-22 06:00:55.453306+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       40884 
 42539 | flows   |    9363 |    16384 | asa     | <IDLE>                          | f       |
  | 2012-12-28 09:30:26.016735+01 | 2012-12-28 09:15:23.006751+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35091 
 42539 | flows   |    9364 |    16384 | asa     | <IDLE>                          | f       |
  | 2012-12-28 09:30:35.51892+01  | 2012-12-28 09:15:23.179672+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35092 
 42539 | flows   |    9440 |    16384 | asa     | select * from pg_stat_activity; | f       | 2012-12-28
09:32:12.41096+01| 2012-12-28 09:32:12.41096+01  | 2012-12-28 09:19:19.854963+01 |               |          -1 
 42539 | flows   |    9450 |    16384 | asa     | <IDLE>                          | f       |
  | 2012-12-28 09:30:18.432941+01 | 2012-12-28 09:20:20.321349+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35104 
 42539 | flows   |    9507 |    16384 | asa     | <IDLE>                          | f       |
  | 2012-12-28 09:30:26.265634+01 | 2012-12-28 09:30:17.444456+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35123 
 42539 | flows   |    9508 |    16384 | asa     | <IDLE>                          | f       |
  | 2012-12-28 09:30:26.763076+01 | 2012-12-28 09:30:17.487318+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35124 
 42539 | flows   |    9452 |    16384 | asa     | <IDLE>                          | f       |
  | 2012-12-28 09:30:26.093083+01 | 2012-12-28 09:20:20.385564+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35106 
(13 rows)

select * from pg_locks :
  locktype  | database | relation | page | tuple | virtualxid | transactionid | classid | objid | objsubid |
virtualtransaction| pid  |      mode       | granted  

------------+----------+----------+------+-------+------------+---------------+---------+-------+----------+--------------------+------+-----------------+---------
 virtualxid |          |          |      |       | 9/122683   |               |         |       |          | 9/122683
       | 9440 | ExclusiveLock   | t 
 relation   |    42539 |    10969 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 9/122683
       | 9440 | AccessShareLock | t 
(2 rows)


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Here is the state 1 minute after changes of autovacuum thresholds :

LOAD 1 minute : 10.0

vmstat 1 :
 1  0 834028 290856 174980 10081904    0    0     0     0  688 1620  0  0 100  0
 0  0 834028 290484 174984 10082368    0    0     0     0  748 1682  0  0 100  0
 0  0 834028 289748 174992 10082764    0    0     0    24  765 1647  0  0 100  0
 0  0 834028 289732 175000 10083084    0    0     0  2376  783 1818  0  0 97  3
 0  0 834028 289128 175000 10083488    0    0     0     0  719 1668  0  0 100  0
 0  0 834028 288392 175016 10083812    0    0     0     0  772 1607  0  0 99  0
 0  0 834028 288740 175016 10084172    0    0     0     0  731 1662  0  0 100  0
 1  0 834028 288128 175016 10084088    0    0     0  1508  771 1627  0  0 100  0
 0  0 834028 287988 175024 10084868    0    0     0   824  814 1775  0  0 98  2
 0  0 834028 287492 175024 10084840    0    0     0     0  692 1605  0  0 100  0
 3  0 834028 275216 175064 10091948   64    0  2364  4352 1227 3882  1  0 97  1
 0  0 833564 289228 175064 10076076  280    0   344   312 3777 2424 39  0 60  1
 0  0 833564 289196 175064 10077140    0    0     0    56  733 1750  0  0 100  0
 1  0 833564 292132 175080 10077124    0    0     4  2176  813 1888  0  0 95  5
 0  0 833564 295636 175080 10077532    0    0     0     0  783 1676  0  0 100  0
 0  0 833564 295360 175088 10078324    0    0     0    20  719 1685  0  0 99  0
 0  0 833564 294864 175096 10078692    0    0     0    52  756 1778  0  0 100  0
 1  0 833564 294864 175096 10079096    0    0     0     0  769 1802  0  0 100  0
 0  0 833564 294924 175104 10079096    0    0     0  2420  889 1957  0  0 96  4
 0  0 833564 295056 175112 10079132    0    0     0    48  704 1722  0  0 100  0
 0  0 833564 294936 175112 10079492    0    0     0     0  737 1737  0  0 100  0
 3  0 833564 294564 175112 10079832    0    0     0     0  750 1698  0  0 100  0
 0  0 833564 286876 175124 10082320    0    0  2036    88 1258 1716  1  0 99  0
 0 13 833564 279544 175132 10089292    0    0  6928  1888 2303 1134  0  0 68 32
 0  9 833564 270596 175136 10096112    0    0  6916    32 2539 1176  0  0 68 32
 0  6 833564 262924 175176 10102960    0    0  6952    44 2527 1287  0  0 84 15
 0  1 833564 255472 175184 10110188    0    0  7048    20 2118 1579  0  0 92  7
 0  1 833564 248296 175196 10117928    0    0  7044   244 2107 1992  0  0 95  5
 0 11 833564 241104 175216 10125004    0    0  7176   716 2475 1284  0  0 78 21
 0  7 833564 234160 175224 10131872    0    0  7044    44 2113 1282  0  0 78 22
 0  0 833564 228340 175252 10138096    0    0  5524   284 2062 1849  1  0 91  7
 1  0 833564 220792 175272 10145728    0    0  7244     0 1887 2029  0  0 99  1
 0  0 833564 213072 175276 10152340    0    0  6532    40 2672 1997  0  0 98  1
 0  9 833564 207104 175284 10158476    0    0  5768  1492 2368 1140  0  0 84 16
 1  7 833564 201748 175288 10164284    0    0  5764    32 2377 1150  0  0 90 10
 0  7 833564 195664 175292 10169732    0    0  5508    68 2599 1407  0  0 90 10
 0  7 833564 189968 175300 10175568    0    0  5768    36 2560 1377  0  0 79 21
 0  9 833564 184732 175336 10180860    0    0  4876  1004 2380 1925  1  0 90  9
 1  8 833564 177296 175340 10187792    0    0  6916    24 2206 1200  0  0 65 35
 0  0 833564 170592 175356 10194744    0    0  6792   216 2091 1546  0  0 79 21
 0  0 833564 162904 175364 10202792    0    0  7560     0 1886 1956  0  0 99  0
 1  0 833564 155464 175372 10210116    0    0  7048     0 2290 2053  0  0 99  1
 1 11 833564 147776 175380 10216412    0    0  5872  1592 2250 2072  1  0 98  1
 0  0 833564 142928 175408 10221808    0    0  5120   400 2040 2277  1  0 92  7
 0  0 833564 135696 175412 10229700    0    0  7300     0 2024 2025  0  0 99  0
 0  0 833564 128504 175420 10237300    0    0  7176     0 2062 1951  0  0 99  0
 0  0 833564 120940 175428 10244916    0    0  7432     0 2062 1917  0  0 99  0
 0 10 833564 113848 175436 10252160    0    0  7176  2184 1952 1843  0  0 99  1
 1 11 833564 106640 175440 10259608    0    0  7172    48 1982 1126  0  0 52 48

ps aux | grep postgres :
postgres  9189  2.4  4.7 991916 774368 ?       Ss   08:45   1:12 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35031) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9363  2.6  2.8 979456 470404 ?       Ss   09:15   0:30 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35091) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9364  2.3  3.2 979872 527124 ?       Ss   09:15   0:26 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35092) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9450  2.1  2.2 980604 370920 ?       Ss   09:20   0:18 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35104) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9452  2.1  2.7 981196 459996 ?       Ss   09:20   0:18 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35106) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9505  2.3  1.3 966604 223488 ?       Ss   09:30   0:05 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35121) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9507  1.9  1.2 965212 198452 ?       Ss   09:30   0:04 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35123) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9508  1.9  1.1 975860 190428 ?       Ss   09:30   0:05 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35124) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9530  2.9  0.1 896732 29008 ?        Ss   09:33   0:01 postgres: autovacuum worker process   flows
                                                                     
postgres  9565  1.2  0.1 900472 26768 ?        Ss   09:34   0:00 postgres: autovacuum worker process   flows
                                                                     
root      9568  0.0  0.0   7548   864 pts/2    S+   09:34   0:00 grep postgres
postgres 11433  0.0  0.1 885744 26056 ?        S    Dec20   0:17 /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/postgres -D
/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main-c config_file=/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf 
postgres 11435  0.0  4.8 889276 790004 ?       Ss   Dec20  10:44 postgres: writer process
                                                                     
postgres 11436  0.0  0.0 886124   704 ?        Ss   Dec20   1:47 postgres: wal writer process
                                                                     
postgres 11437  0.0  0.0 894472  5104 ?        Ss   Dec20   4:42 postgres: autovacuum launcher process
                                                                     
postgres 11438  0.1  0.0  81956  4768 ?        Ss   Dec20  13:53 postgres: stats collector process
                                                                     
postgres 12443  0.0  4.9 903820 810512 ?       Ss   Dec20   0:58 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58799) idle
                                                                     
postgres 12444  0.0  5.1 945064 844596 ?       Ss   Dec20   6:09 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58800) idle
                                                                     
postgres 12453  0.0  0.0 887384  6860 ?        Ss   Dec20   0:00 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58801) idle
                                                                     
postgres 26141  0.3  5.3 976928 885892 ?       Ss   Dec22  33:47 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(40884) idle

select * from pg_stat_activity :
 datid | datname | procpid | usesysid | usename  |                                current_query
       | waiting |          xact_start           |          query_start          |         backend_start         |
client_addr | client_port  

-------+---------+---------+----------+----------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------+-------------
 42539 | flows   |    9189 |    16384 | asa      | TRUNCATE flowpool_31_segment_121
       | f       | 2012-12-28 09:41:38.438799+01 | 2012-12-28 09:41:38.441412+01 | 2012-12-28 08:45:15.923245+01 |
10.48.168.160|       35031 
 42539 | flows   |   12443 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
       | f       |                               | 2012-12-27 21:30:35.767577+01 | 2012-12-20 13:00:09.968633+01 |
10.48.168.163|       58799 
 42539 | flows   |    9505 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
       | f       |                               | 2012-12-28 09:39:38.19554+01  | 2012-12-28 09:30:17.273639+01 |
10.48.168.160|       35121 
 42539 | flows   |   12444 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
       | f       |                               | 2012-12-27 15:15:22.785422+01 | 2012-12-20 13:00:16.82323+01  |
10.48.168.163|       58800 
 42539 | flows   |   12453 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
       | f       |                               | 2012-12-20 13:01:15.019182+01 | 2012-12-20 13:01:15.015847+01 |
10.48.168.163|       58801 
 42539 | flows   |   26141 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
       | f       |                               | 2012-12-28 06:19:58.348495+01 | 2012-12-22 06:00:55.453306+01 |
10.48.168.160|       40884 
 42539 | flows   |    9364 |    16384 | asa      | TRUNCATE flowpool_15_segment_129
       | f       | 2012-12-28 09:41:38.864158+01 | 2012-12-28 09:41:38.866918+01 | 2012-12-28 09:15:23.179672+01 |
10.48.168.160|       35092 
 42539 | flows   |    9530 |       10 | postgres | autovacuum: ANALYZE
public.agg_t187_incoming_a3_src_net_and_dst_net_f5      | f       | 2012-12-28 09:42:15.902363+01 | 2012-12-28
09:42:15.902363+01| 2012-12-28 09:33:37.591954+01 |               |             
 42539 | flows   |    9565 |       10 | postgres | autovacuum: VACUUM ANALYZE
public.agg_t482_outgoing_a7_src_port_and_proto_f5| f       | 2012-12-28 09:41:47.314486+01 | 2012-12-28
09:41:47.314486+01| 2012-12-28 09:34:07.609676+01 |               |             
 42539 | flows   |    9569 |       10 | postgres | autovacuum: ANALYZE
public.agg_t1258_outgoing_a3_src_net_and_dst_net_f5     | f       | 2012-12-28 09:42:01.611648+01 | 2012-12-28
09:42:01.611648+01| 2012-12-28 09:34:37.627542+01 |               |             
 42539 | flows   |    9571 |    16384 | asa      | select * from pg_stat_activity;
       | f       | 2012-12-28 09:43:08.646964+01 | 2012-12-28 09:43:08.646964+01 | 2012-12-28 09:34:44.817718+01 |
        |          -1 
 42539 | flows   |    9590 |    16384 | asa      | TRUNCATE flowpool_29_segment_132
       | f       | 2012-12-28 09:41:38.618347+01 | 2012-12-28 09:41:38.621873+01 | 2012-12-28 09:39:20.604855+01 |
10.48.168.160|       35128 
 42539 | flows   |    9508 |    16384 | asa      | TRUNCATE flowpool_26_segment_139
       | f       | 2012-12-28 09:41:38.696041+01 | 2012-12-28 09:41:38.70312+01  | 2012-12-28 09:30:17.487318+01 |
10.48.168.160|       35124 
 42539 | flows   |    9452 |    16384 | asa      | TRUNCATE flowpool_21_segment_136
       | f       | 2012-12-28 09:41:38.884658+01 | 2012-12-28 09:41:38.888602+01 | 2012-12-28 09:20:20.385564+01 |
10.48.168.160|       35106 
 42539 | flows   |    9592 |    16384 | asa      | TRUNCATE flowpool_17_segment_124
       | f       | 2012-12-28 09:41:38.598054+01 | 2012-12-28 09:41:38.601024+01 | 2012-12-28 09:39:20.649273+01 |
10.48.168.160|       35130 
 42539 | flows   |    9593 |    16384 | asa      | TRUNCATE flowpool_2_segment_131
       | f       | 2012-12-28 09:41:37.902248+01 | 2012-12-28 09:41:37.902334+01 | 2012-12-28 09:39:20.671335+01 |
10.48.168.160|       35131 
(16 rows)


select * from pg_locks :
   locktype    | database | relation | page | tuple | virtualxid | transactionid | classid | objid | objsubid |
virtualtransaction| pid  |           mode           | granted  

---------------+----------+----------+------+-------+------------+---------------+---------+-------+----------+--------------------+------+--------------------------+---------
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 20/33      |               |         |       |          | 20/33
          | 9593 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  2168418 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
12/128804         | 9569 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    93056 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/111991         | 9590 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 8/140596   |               |         |       |          |
8/140596          | 9364 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   103506 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99223          | 9508 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   103506 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99223          | 9508 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   105972 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/303
          | 9592 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   105972 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/303
          | 9592 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   103511 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99223          | 9508 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   105969 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/303
          | 9592 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   105969 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/303
          | 9592 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    85230 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140596          | 9364 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    85230 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140596          | 9364 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615213 |         |       |          |
1/170439          | 9189 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 19/303     |               |         |       |          | 19/303
          | 9592 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 12/128804  |               |         |       |          |
12/128804         | 9569 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    87756 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170439          | 9189 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    87756 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170439          | 9189 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    87761 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170439          | 9189 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    82695 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43658          | 9452 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    82695 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43658          | 9452 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615204 |         |       |          | 20/33
          | 9593 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615214 |         |       |          | 19/303
          | 9592 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   105974 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/303
          | 9592 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    50023 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | ShareUpdateExclusiveLock | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 1/170439   |               |         |       |          |
1/170439          | 9189 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 15/111991  |               |         |       |          |
15/111991         | 9590 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    45409 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
9/122742          | 9530 | ShareUpdateExclusiveLock | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    10969 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
13/114750         | 9571 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    90449 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/33
          | 9593 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    82698 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43658          | 9452 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    82698 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43658          | 9452 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615218 |         |       |          |
17/43658          | 9452 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 13/114750  |               |         |       |          |
13/114750         | 9571 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 10/120119  |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    90444 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/33
          | 9593 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    90444 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/33
          | 9593 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    93051 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/111991         | 9590 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    93051 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/111991         | 9590 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    93054 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/111991         | 9590 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    93054 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/111991         | 9590 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   103509 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99223          | 9508 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   103509 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99223          | 9508 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    45416 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
9/122742          | 9530 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 16/99223   |               |         |       |          |
16/99223          | 9508 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    45415 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
9/122742          | 9530 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 9/122742   |               |         |       |          |
9/122742          | 9530 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    82700 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43658          | 9452 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    90447 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/33
          | 9593 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    90447 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/33
          | 9593 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    50027 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | RowExclusiveLock         | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615216 |         |       |          |
16/99223          | 9508 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  2168412 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
12/128804         | 9569 | ShareUpdateExclusiveLock | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 17/43658   |               |         |       |          |
17/43658          | 9452 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    87759 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170439          | 9189 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    87759 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170439          | 9189 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615215 |         |       |          |
15/111991         | 9590 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    50026 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | RowExclusiveLock         | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615217 |         |       |          |
8/140596          | 9364 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  2168419 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
12/128804         | 9569 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    85233 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140596          | 9364 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    85233 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140596          | 9364 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    85235 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140596          | 9364 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
(63 rows)


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Here is the state 5 minutes after changes of autovacuum thresholds :

LOAD 1 minute : 16.4


vmstat 1 :
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
 0 14 835088  58252 161736 10309624    0    0  5580    52 1381 1427  0  0 49 51
 0 10 835088  57012 161724 10310472    0    0  6304    56 1403 1823  0  0 65 35
 0  7 835088  56328 161700 10312044    0    0  5892    40 1367 2482  0  0 86 14
 0  5 835088  55584 161692 10311892    0    0  6232   232 1454 2675  0  0 92  7
 0  6 835088  59444 161616 10308496    0    0  7240  3108 1508 2407  0  0 93  6
 0 13 835088  61024 161620 10306632    0    0  5040    20 1266 1514  0  0 81 19
 1 15 835088  59412 161636 10307920    0    0  6184  1012 1511 1503  1  0 65 34
 0 13 835088  55320 161644 10311396    0    0  4908  4548 1460 1466  1  0 68 31
 0 10 835088  55676 161624 10311552    0    0  5460  1236 1322 1595  0  0 64 35
 0  8 835088  55676 161616 10311452    0    0  5412   488 1386 1709  0  0 75 25
 0  7 835088  55740 161624 10311924    0    0  5264   204 1302 2145  0  0 79 20
 0  7 835088  59068 161624 10308456    0    0  5948   568 1363 2454  0  0 79 20
 0  9 835088  57580 161640 10309812    0    0  7012  1548 1443 2664  0  0 80 19
 0  7 835088  56648 161644 10311844    0    0  6912    56 1444 2452  0  0 81 18
 0  7 835088  55176 161648 10313636    0    0  7200   716 1397 2503  0  0 87 13
 0  7 835088  63104 161572 10305228    0    0  4960    12 1324 2452  0  0 91  9
 1  5 835088  58144 161580 10309428    0    0  3960  2160 1334 2551  1  0 87 12
 0  5 835088  57880 161520 10309432    0    0  5432  4184 1517 2342  1  0 86 13
 2  6 835088  58652 161348 10308900    0    0  4800     0 1409 2222  0  0 87 13
 0  6 835088  58496 161320 10308456    0    0  5144 15740 1426 2231  0  0 87 13
 0  6 835088  57396 161340 10309544    0    0  5956    16 1510 2359  0  0 87 13
 0  7 835088  57928 161344 10308664    0    0  4996 12800 1510 2286  0  0 87 13
 0  5 835088  59524 161360 10307244    0    0  3892 15032 1490 2224  1  0 90  9
 0 13 835088  58364 161372 10307468    0    0  5272   120 1527 2096  0  0 94  6
 1 11 835088  57504 161364 10308012    0    0  4968 11188 1496 1830  1  0 87 12
 0 12 835088  59280 161376 10307464    0    0  4732   348 1448 1287  1  0 87 12
 0 11 835088  57548 161152 10308528    0    0  6096   632 1388 1421  0  0 87 13
 0 12 835088  57380 160996 10309848    0    0  5892     0 1426 1431  0  0 87 13
 0 13 835088  57184 160936 10310072    0    0  5184  1032 1451 1332  0  0 86 14
 0 12 835088  59812 160744 10308436    0    0  4180     0 1363 1349  0  0 87 13
 0 11 835088  59892 160756 10308440    0    0  5664     4 1465 1280  0  0 87 13
 0 12 835088  55840 160764 10312860    0    0  4408  2196 1343 1280  0  0 91  9
 0 11 835088  59840 160564 10309784    0    0  5908     4 1515 1279  0  0 87 13
 0 10 835088  56016 160572 10313336    0    0  4088     0 1288 1272  0  0 87 13
 0 11 835088  56868 160512 10314216    0    0  5856   368 1333 1730  0  0 86 13
 0 11 835088  57364 160500 10314208    0    0  5388    12 1736 1659  0  0 86 14
 0 12 835088  57240 160488 10314340    0    0  5320     0 1749 1259  0  0 86 14
 0  9 835088  56868 160472 10314544    0    0  5588    16 1756 1405  0  0 87 13
 0 10 835088  56752 160464 10315480    0    0  5472    40 1684 1571  0  0 86 13
 0  6 835088  56908 160448 10314812    0    0  5008    44 1707 2104  0  0 91  9
 0 15 835080  74532 160464 10320344    0    0  5244  2280 1656 1497  0  0 87 12
 0 14 835080  68704 160476 10326004    0    0  5732    20 1700 1306  0  0 78 21
 0 11 835080  63992 160476 10330436    0    0  4400    32 1735 1399  0  0 76 24
 0 11 835080  58836 160496 10335780    0    0  5416   420 1883 1636  1  0 77 22
 1  9 835080  57512 160464 10325176    0    0  4892  1220 2289 2061  4  0 73 23
 0  6 835080  59156 160348 10321712    0    0  4908 11312 1911 1892  3  0 69 28
 0  7 835080  59048 160340 10323272    0    0  5740     0 1848 1529  0  0 73 27
 2 17 835080  57544 160348 10324648    0    0  6196  1340 1824 1538  0  0 82 18
 0 13 835080  85816 160136 10297068    0    0  5928     8 1997 1372  0  0 80 19
 0 16 835080  77104 160144 10305592    0    0  8336   156 2282 1360  1  0 74 25


ps aux | grep postgres :
postgres  9189  2.2  4.7 991916 777892 ?       Ss   08:45   1:13 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35031) idle in
transaction                                                                
postgres  9363  2.3  3.0 973312 493688 ?       Ss   09:15   0:33 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35091) idle in
transaction                                                                
postgres  9364  2.2  3.4 979872 573856 ?       Ss   09:15   0:32 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35092) idle in
transaction                                                                
postgres  9450  1.6  2.3 980604 386856 ?       Ss   09:20   0:19 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35104) idle in
transaction                                                                
postgres  9452  1.8  2.8 981196 476572 ?       Ss   09:20   0:21 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35106) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9505  1.4  1.4 959420 245852 ?       Ss   09:30   0:08 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35121) idle in
transaction                                                                
postgres  9507  1.1  1.2 955996 204500 ?       Ss   09:30   0:06 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35123) idle in
transaction                                                                
postgres  9508  1.3  1.3 975348 223700 ?       Ss   09:30   0:07 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35124) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9530  1.6  0.2 896732 33000 ?        Ss   09:33   0:05 postgres: autovacuum worker process   flows
                                                                     
postgres  9565  0.3  0.1 900472 26828 ?        Ds   09:34   0:01 postgres: autovacuum worker process   flows
                                                                     
postgres  9569  1.0  0.1 896732 30896 ?        Ds   09:34   0:02 postgres: autovacuum worker process   flows
                                                                     
root      9570  0.0  0.0  69516  3236 pts/3    S+   09:34   0:00 /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/psql -U asa flows
postgres  9571  0.0  0.0 887536  6160 ?        Ss   09:34   0:00 postgres: asa flows [local] idle
                                                                     
postgres  9590 19.0  0.6 927648 99308 ?        Ss   09:39   0:01 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35128) idle in
transaction                                                                
postgres  9591 18.8  0.6 931956 101248 ?       Ss   09:39   0:01 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35129) idle in
transaction                                                                
postgres  9592 10.6  0.4 927432 81084 ?        Ss   09:39   0:00 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35130) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9593 13.3  0.5 927836 87920 ?        Ss   09:39   0:00 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35131) idle
                                                                     
root      9595  0.0  0.0   7552   876 pts/2    S+   09:39   0:00 grep postgres
postgres 11433  0.0  0.1 885744 26056 ?        S    Dec20   0:17 /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/postgres -D
/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main-c config_file=/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf 
postgres 11435  0.0  4.8 889276 790012 ?       Ss   Dec20  10:44 postgres: writer process
                                                                     
postgres 11436  0.0  0.0 886124   704 ?        Ss   Dec20   1:47 postgres: wal writer process
                                                                     
postgres 11437  0.0  0.0 894472  5104 ?        Ss   Dec20   4:42 postgres: autovacuum launcher process
                                                                     
postgres 11438  0.1  0.0  81956  4768 ?        Ss   Dec20  13:53 postgres: stats collector process
                                                                     
postgres 12443  0.0  4.9 903820 810512 ?       Ss   Dec20   0:58 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58799) idle
                                                                     
postgres 12444  0.0  5.1 945064 844596 ?       Ss   Dec20   6:09 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58800) idle
                                                                     
postgres 12453  0.0  0.0 887384  6864 ?        Ss   Dec20   0:00 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58801) idle
                                                                     
postgres 26141  0.3  5.3 976928 885892 ?       Ss   Dec22  33:47 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(40884) idle

select * from pg_stat_activity :
 datid | datname | procpid | usesysid | usename  |                                             current_query
                                | waiting |          xact_start           |          query_start          |
backend_start        |  client_addr  | client_port  

-------+---------+---------+----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------+-------------
 42539 | flows   |    9189 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_31_segment_121_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_31_segment_121"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:07.277654+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:07.277704+01| 2012-12-28 08:45:15.923245+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35031 
 42539 | flows   |   12443 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-27 21:30:35.767577+01 | 2012-12-20
13:00:09.968633+01| 10.48.168.163 |       58799 
 42539 | flows   |    9505 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-28 09:39:38.19554+01  | 2012-12-28
09:30:17.273639+01| 10.48.168.160 |       35121 
 42539 | flows   |   12444 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-27 15:15:22.785422+01 | 2012-12-20
13:00:16.82323+01 | 10.48.168.163 |       58800 
 42539 | flows   |   12453 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-20 13:01:15.019182+01 | 2012-12-20
13:01:15.015847+01| 10.48.168.163 |       58801 
 42539 | flows   |   26141 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-28 06:19:58.348495+01 | 2012-12-22
06:00:55.453306+01| 10.48.168.160 |       40884 
 42539 | flows   |    9364 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_15_segment_129_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_15_segment_129"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:04.464606+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:04.464668+01| 2012-12-28 09:15:23.179672+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35092 
 42539 | flows   |    9530 |       10 | postgres | autovacuum: ANALYZE public.agg_t93_incoming_a7_src_port_and_proto_f5
                                | f       | 2012-12-28 09:47:25.338923+01 | 2012-12-28 09:47:25.338923+01 | 2012-12-28
09:33:37.591954+01|               |             
 42539 | flows   |    9565 |       10 | postgres | autovacuum: VACUUM ANALYZE
public.agg_t482_outgoing_a7_src_port_and_proto_f5                         | f       | 2012-12-28 09:41:47.314486+01 |
2012-12-2809:41:47.314486+01 | 2012-12-28 09:34:07.609676+01 |               |             
 42539 | flows   |    9569 |       10 | postgres | autovacuum: ANALYZE
public.agg_t1257_incoming_a7_src_port_and_proto_f5                               | f       | 2012-12-28
09:47:50.63221+01 | 2012-12-28 09:47:50.63221+01  | 2012-12-28 09:34:37.627542+01 |               |             
 42539 | flows   |    9571 |    16384 | asa      | select * from pg_stat_activity;
                                | f       | 2012-12-28 09:48:02.711778+01 | 2012-12-28 09:48:02.711778+01 | 2012-12-28
09:34:44.817718+01|               |          -1 
 42539 | flows   |    9590 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_29_segment_132_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_29_segment_132"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:05.258448+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:05.258499+01| 2012-12-28 09:39:20.604855+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35128 
 42539 | flows   |    9508 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_26_segment_139_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_26_segment_139"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:04.296674+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:04.296732+01| 2012-12-28 09:30:17.487318+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35124 
 42539 | flows   |    9452 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_21_segment_136_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_21_segment_136"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:06.741216+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:06.741271+01| 2012-12-28 09:20:20.385564+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35106 
 42539 | flows   |    9592 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_17_segment_124_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_17_segment_124"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:05.966266+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:05.966332+01| 2012-12-28 09:39:20.649273+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35130 
 42539 | flows   |    9593 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_2_segment_131_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_2_segment_131"USING btree (timestamp)   | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:03.358737+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:03.358818+01| 2012-12-28 09:39:20.671335+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35131 
(16 rows)


select * from pg_locks :
   locktype    | database | relation | page | tuple | virtualxid | transactionid | classid | objid | objsubid |
virtualtransaction| pid  |           mode           | granted  

---------------+----------+----------+------+-------+------------+---------------+---------+-------+----------+--------------------+------+--------------------------+---------
 relation      |    42539 |  6691584 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
9/122762          | 9530 | ShareUpdateExclusiveLock | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  2168206 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
12/128806         | 9569 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615251 |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  6691588 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
9/122762          | 9530 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615278 |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   103506 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   103506 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252363 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   105969 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   105969 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    85230 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    85230 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252359 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    87756 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    87756 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    82695 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    82695 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | ShareLock                | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615238 |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615271 |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 17/43667   |               |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    50023 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | ShareUpdateExclusiveLock | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252361 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 9/122762   |               |         |       |          |
9/122762          | 9530 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615262 |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 13/114752  |               |         |       |          |
13/114752         | 9571 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  6691587 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
9/122762          | 9530 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615266 |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 1/170450   |               |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    10969 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
13/114752         | 9571 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 19/311     |               |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252362 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 10/120119  |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    90444 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    90444 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252360 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    93051 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    93051 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | ShareLock                | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615245 |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  2168202 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
12/128806         | 9569 | ShareUpdateExclusiveLock | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 12/128806  |               |         |       |          |
12/128806         | 9569 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 20/36      |               |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252358 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252357 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  2168205 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
12/128806         | 9569 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    50027 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | RowExclusiveLock         | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 15/112000  |               |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 16/99231   |               |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    50026 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | RowExclusiveLock         | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 8/140603   |               |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
(49 rows)

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Here is the state 10 minutes after changes of autovacuum thresholds :

LOAD 1 minute : 15.6

vmstat 1 :
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
 0 10 834996  55696 118652 10404024    0    0  4820   328 1421 1617  0  0 56 44
 0  8 834996  56680 118660 10402664    0    0  3992     8 1396 1769  0  0 66 33
 0  7 834996  59024 118664 10400968    0    0  3204   348 1397 1710  0  0 73 27
 0  7 834996  60140 118672 10399404    0    0  3360    72 1558 2342  0  0 75 24
 0  6 834996  55692 118684 10403244    0    0  3808   308 1617 1977  0  0 76 24
 0  6 834996  57304 118692 10401984    0    0  3912     0 1498 1592  0  0 81 19
 0 12 834996  59408 118700 10399908    0    0  3000   748 1652 1805  0  0 77 23
 0 13 834996  56432 118704 10403092    0    0  3276   284 1654 1578  0  0 69 31
 0 13 834996  58292 118712 10401204    0    0  3496   328 1483 1552  0  0 69 31
 0 12 834996  55120 118724 10404192    0    0  2892   432 1473 1562  0  0 69 31
 0 12 834996  78920 118652 10380460    0    0  3496   380 1428 1588  0  0 69 31
 0 11 834996  75588 118660 10383892    0    0  3136   556 1351 1581  0  0 69 31
 0  7 834996  71356 118672 10388272    0    0  4276   396 1588 1885  0  0 69 31
 0  6 834996  67484 118680 10391660    0    0  3264   468 1545 2624  0  0 81 19
 0  6 834996  63636 118688 10395932    0    0  3668   320 1578 2570  0  0 81 19
 0  5 834996  59668 118696 10399928    0    0  3592   464 1457 2379  0  0 81 19
 0 14 834996  55696 118708 10403812    0    0  3776     8 1292 1688  0  0 68 31
 0 14 834996  57264 118716 10401760    0    0  4256   320 1352 1548  0  0 50 50
 0 15 834996  59096 118728 10400508    0    0  3668   464 1381 1549  0  0 50 50
 0 15 834996  59696 118732 10399452    0    0  5320   288 1422 1434  0  0 51 49
 0 14 834996  56720 118736 10402704    0    0  3252   700 1348 1526  0  0 50 50
 0 14 834996  58604 118740 10401152    0    0  3636   208 1432 1560  0  0 51 49
 0 13 834996  55488 118748 10404420    0    0  3648   264 1371 1638  0  0 56 44
 1 13 834996  56532 118756 10403112    0    0  4168   292 1383 1646  0  0 60 40
 0 10 834996  58512 118760 10400596    0    0  3520   376 1334 1694  0  0 73 27
 0 10 834996  60372 118764 10398720    0    0  3952   344 1370 1827  0  0 69 31
 0  8 834996  55284 118772 10403200    0    0  4216    24 1318 2107  0  0 71 29
 0  6 834996  56772 118780 10402160    0    0  3584   352 1188 2098  0  0 80 19
 0  7 834996  59004 118776 10399448    0    0  3112   504 1194 1742  0  0 79 21
 0 10 834996  55176 118784 10403092    0    0  3864   400 1315 1794  0  0 75 25
 1 12 834996  55796 118772 10402840    0    0  4328   612 1355 1811  0  0 75 25
 0 11 834996  58012 118760 10400376    0    0  2860   844 1205 1595  0  0 75 25
 0 11 834996  59888 118772 10399060    0    0  3620   328 1285 1562  0  0 75 25
 0 10 834996  55656 118780 10402796    0    0  4024   464 1372 1925  0  0 75 25
 0  6 834996  57472 118788 10400696    0    0  3856   380 1362 2005  0  0 77 23
 0  7 834996  58588 118792 10399660    0    0  4192   328 1410 2415  0  0 80 20
 0  5 834996  55116 118796 10402884    0    0  3056     8 1354 2426  0  0 81 19
 1  6 834996  57364 118808 10400528    0    0  2764   304 1225 2465  0  0 81 19
 0  6 834996  58620 118812 10399676    0    0  3920     0 1243 2197  0  0 80 19
 0 17 834996  55268 118820 10402988    0    0  3004   480 1202 1796  0  0 79 21
 0 16 834996  58368 118824 10400072    0    0  3240   220 1097 1543  0  0 75 25
 0 16 834996  59856 118836 10398692    0    0  4188     0 1214 1492  0  0 75 25
 0 16 834996  56488 118840 10401720    0    0  3228   628 1206 1455  0  0 75 25
 0 16 834996  59216 118848 10399460    0    0  3792   428 1264 1397  0  0 76 24


ps aux | grep postgres :
postgres  9189  1.9  4.7 991916 782084 ?       Ds   08:45   1:17 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35031) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
postgres  9364  1.5  3.6 979872 598028 ?       Ds   09:15   0:36 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35092) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
postgres  9452  1.2  3.0 981196 499464 ?       Ds   09:20   0:25 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35106) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
postgres  9505  0.5  1.5 965564 249164 ?       Ss   09:30   0:08 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35121) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9508  0.8  1.5 955892 255448 ?       Ds   09:30   0:12 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35124) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
postgres  9530  1.1  0.2 896732 38028 ?        Ds   09:33   0:13 postgres: autovacuum worker process   flows
                                                                     
postgres  9565  0.5  0.2 1093852 34268 ?       Ss   09:34   0:06 postgres: autovacuum worker process   flows
                                                                     
postgres  9569  0.5  0.1 896732 31948 ?        Ds   09:34   0:06 postgres: autovacuum worker process   flows
                                                                     
root      9570  0.0  0.0  69516  3264 pts/3    S+   09:34   0:00 /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/psql -U asa flows
postgres  9571  0.0  0.0 887600  6768 ?        Ss   09:34   0:00 postgres: asa flows [local] idle
                                                                     
postgres  9590  0.6  1.2 965716 211248 ?       Ds   09:39   0:05 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35128) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
postgres  9592  0.6  1.2 963228 199132 ?       Ds   09:39   0:05 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35130) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
postgres  9593  1.7  1.9 962992 327904 ?       Ds   09:39   0:14 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35131) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
root      9623  0.0  0.0   7552   872 pts/2    S+   09:53   0:00 grep postgres
postgres 11433  0.0  0.1 885744 26056 ?        S    Dec20   0:17 /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/postgres -D
/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main-c config_file=/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf 
postgres 11435  0.0  4.8 889276 790016 ?       Ds   Dec20  10:44 postgres: writer process
                                                                     
postgres 11436  0.0  0.0 886124   704 ?        Ss   Dec20   1:47 postgres: wal writer process
                                                                     
postgres 11437  0.0  0.0 894472  5104 ?        Ss   Dec20   4:42 postgres: autovacuum launcher process
                                                                     
postgres 11438  0.1  0.0  81956  4768 ?        Ss   Dec20  13:53 postgres: stats collector process
                                                                     
postgres 12443  0.0  4.9 903820 810512 ?       Ss   Dec20   0:58 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58799) idle
                                                                     
postgres 12444  0.0  5.1 945064 844596 ?       Ss   Dec20   6:09 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58800) idle
                                                                     
postgres 12453  0.0  0.0 887384  6864 ?        Ss   Dec20   0:00 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58801) idle
                                                                     
postgres 26141  0.3  5.3 976928 885892 ?       Ss   Dec22  33:47 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(40884) idle

select * from pg_stat_activity :
 datid | datname | procpid | usesysid | usename  |                                             current_query
                                | waiting |          xact_start           |          query_start          |
backend_start        |  client_addr  | client_port  

-------+---------+---------+----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------+-------------
 42539 | flows   |    9189 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_31_segment_121_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_31_segment_121"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:07.277654+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:07.277704+01| 2012-12-28 08:45:15.923245+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35031 
 42539 | flows   |   12443 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-27 21:30:35.767577+01 | 2012-12-20
13:00:09.968633+01| 10.48.168.163 |       58799 
 42539 | flows   |    9505 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-28 09:39:38.19554+01  | 2012-12-28
09:30:17.273639+01| 10.48.168.160 |       35121 
 42539 | flows   |   12444 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-27 15:15:22.785422+01 | 2012-12-20
13:00:16.82323+01 | 10.48.168.163 |       58800 
 42539 | flows   |   12453 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-20 13:01:15.019182+01 | 2012-12-20
13:01:15.015847+01| 10.48.168.163 |       58801 
 42539 | flows   |   26141 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-28 06:19:58.348495+01 | 2012-12-22
06:00:55.453306+01| 10.48.168.160 |       40884 
 42539 | flows   |    9364 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_15_segment_129_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_15_segment_129"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:04.464606+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:04.464668+01| 2012-12-28 09:15:23.179672+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35092 
 42539 | flows   |    9530 |       10 | postgres | autovacuum: ANALYZE
public.agg_t253_incoming_a6_dst_port_and_proto_f5                                | f       | 2012-12-28
09:50:19.161336+01| 2012-12-28 09:50:19.161336+01 | 2012-12-28 09:33:37.591954+01 |               |             
 42539 | flows   |    9565 |       10 | postgres | autovacuum: VACUUM ANALYZE
public.agg_t482_outgoing_a7_src_port_and_proto_f5                         | f       | 2012-12-28 09:41:47.314486+01 |
2012-12-2809:41:47.314486+01 | 2012-12-28 09:34:07.609676+01 |               |             
 42539 | flows   |    9569 |       10 | postgres | autovacuum: ANALYZE
public.agg_t1244_outgoing_a6_dst_port_and_proto_f5                               | f       | 2012-12-28
09:53:34.831039+01| 2012-12-28 09:53:34.831039+01 | 2012-12-28 09:34:37.627542+01 |               |             
 42539 | flows   |    9571 |    16384 | asa      | select * from pg_stat_activity;
                                | f       | 2012-12-28 09:53:40.35896+01  | 2012-12-28 09:53:40.35896+01  | 2012-12-28
09:34:44.817718+01|               |          -1 
 42539 | flows   |    9590 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_29_segment_132_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_29_segment_132"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:05.258448+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:05.258499+01| 2012-12-28 09:39:20.604855+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35128 
 42539 | flows   |    9508 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_26_segment_139_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_26_segment_139"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:04.296674+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:04.296732+01| 2012-12-28 09:30:17.487318+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35124 
 42539 | flows   |    9452 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_21_segment_136_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_21_segment_136"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:06.741216+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:06.741271+01| 2012-12-28 09:20:20.385564+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35106 
 42539 | flows   |    9592 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_17_segment_124_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_17_segment_124"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:05.966266+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:05.966332+01| 2012-12-28 09:39:20.649273+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35130 
 42539 | flows   |    9593 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_2_segment_131_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_2_segment_131"USING btree (timestamp)   | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:03.358737+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:03.358818+01| 2012-12-28 09:39:20.671335+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35131 
(16 rows)


select * from pg_locks :
   locktype    | database | relation | page | tuple | virtualxid | transactionid | classid | objid | objsubid |
virtualtransaction| pid  |           mode           | granted  

---------------+----------+----------+------+-------+------------+---------------+---------+-------+----------+--------------------+------+--------------------------+---------
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615251 |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  6690376 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
12/128814         | 9569 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615278 |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   103506 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   103506 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  6690372 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
12/128814         | 9569 | ShareUpdateExclusiveLock | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252363 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   105969 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   105969 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    85230 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    85230 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252359 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    87756 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    87756 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    82695 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    82695 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | ShareLock                | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615238 |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615271 |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    46103 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
9/122774          | 9530 | ShareUpdateExclusiveLock | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  6690375 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
12/128814         | 9569 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 17/43667   |               |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    50023 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | ShareUpdateExclusiveLock | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252361 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    46107 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
9/122774          | 9530 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615262 |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615266 |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 12/128814  |               |         |       |          |
12/128814         | 9569 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 1/170450   |               |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    10969 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
13/114754         | 9571 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 19/311     |               |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252362 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 10/120119  |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    90444 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    90444 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252360 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    93051 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    93051 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | ShareLock                | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615245 |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 13/114754  |               |         |       |          |
13/114754         | 9571 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 20/36      |               |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252358 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252357 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    50027 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | RowExclusiveLock         | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 15/112000  |               |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 16/99231   |               |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    50026 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | RowExclusiveLock         | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 9/122774   |               |         |       |          |
9/122774          | 9530 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    46106 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
9/122774          | 9530 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 8/140603   |               |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
(49 rows)



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Here is the state 15 minutes after changes of autovacuum thresholds :

LOAD 1 minute : 16.8

vmstat 1 :
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
 r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
 0 13 834996  73132 118760 10381432    0    0  4532   504 1758 1599  0  0 59 41
 0 15 834996  68932 118772 10385756    0    0  4180     0 1748 1518  0  0 55 45
 0 13 834996  64240 118780 10390472    0    0  4856   316 1884 1547  0  0 64 36
 0 13 834996  59032 118788 10395604    0    0  5088     4 2011 1491  0  0 59 40
 0 13 834996  61124 118632 10392852    0    0  4768   164 2012 1449  0  0 62 37
 0 12 834996  56164 118640 10397920    0    0  5344   224 1986 1644  0  0 67 33
 0 10 834996  56288 118644 10397492    0    0  4436     8 1941 1639  0  0 57 43
 0 11 834996  57156 118632 10395980    0    0  4668   188 2102 1629  0  0 64 36
 0 11 834996  58616 118604 10394936    0    0  4020     8 1922 1625  0  0 62 38
 0 11 834996  59236 118604 10394448    0    0  4272   216 1894 1631  0  0 62 37
 0  7 834996  59608 118600 10394336    0    0  4536     8 1829 1627  0  0 66 34
 1  5 834996  60104 118620 10393908    0    0  4372   240 1868 1658  0  0 83 17
 0  6 834996  55888 118620 10398288    0    0  4368   216 1805 1618  0  0 88 12
 0  7 834996  56756 118628 10397168    0    0  4036   180 1873 1710  0  0 86 13
 0 14 834996  56228 118636 10397536    0    0  4832   264 2032 1480  0  0 68 31
 0 13 834996  56384 118644 10397312    0    0  4864   392 1983 1513  0  0 60 40
 0 12 834996  57004 118656 10396336    0    0  4244   248 1889 1528  0  0 67 32
 0 11 834996  58244 118648 10395476    0    0  4408    12 2005 1569  0  0 70 30
 0  9 834996  59104 118660 10395136    0    0  4276   208 1977 1770  0  0 73 26
 0  9 834996  59476 118660 10394616    0    0  4124    12 1957 2033  0  0 76 24
 0  7 834996  55384 118668 10398184    0    0  3920   300 1971 2170  0  0 77 23
 0  6 834996  55384 118680 10398520    0    0  4324     4 1919 2664  0  0 81 18
 0  7 834996  55616 118684 10397876    0    0  4852     0 1782 2527  0  0 82 18
 0  6 834996  55736 118688 10398392    0    0  5108   296 1704 2549  0  0 83 16
 0  5 834996  60324 118684 10393980    0    0  5164     0 1836 2658  0  0 88 12
 0  5 834996  55856 118696 10398880    0    0  4476   336 1785 2426  0  0 88 11
 0  6 834996  55464 118700 10398700    0    0  4388   484 1787 2649  0  0 87 12
 0 13 834996  56472 118708 10398832    0    0  4004    80 1758 1631  0  0 73 26
 0 13 834996  57336 118680 10396928    0    0  4328     0 1830 1410  0  0 61 39
 0 13 834996  57956 118648 10397092    0    0  4264   336 1726 1368  0  0 60 40
 0 13 834996  58684 118616 10396608    0    0  4308   384 1783 1448  0  0 60 40
 0 13 834996  59924 118600 10394840    0    0  4048   312 1790 1399  0  0 60 40
 0 12 834996  55972 118612 10399244    0    0  3924   768 1676 1405  0  0 60 40
 0 13 834996  57072 118620 10398020    0    0  4916     0 1758 1406  0  0 60 40
 0 12 834996  56452 118628 10398848    0    0  6432     0 1525 1587  0  0 60 40
 0 13 834996  57580 118632 10398060    0    0  4108   344 1575 1486  0  0 73 27
 0 13 834996  57980 118640 10398132    0    0  4968     0 1684 1474  0  0 61 38
 0 13 834996  59096 118652 10397300    0    0  4012   348 1680 1438  0  0 60 40
 0 12 834996  59964 118664 10395604    0    0  4212   824 1681 1448  0  0 60 40
 0 11 834996  59948 118668 10395780    0    0  5332   432 1712 1524  0  0 64 36
 0 12 834996  59948 118668 10395812    0    0  4996   336 1738 1513  0  0 66 34
 0 10 834996  56336 118688 10399036    0    0  2992   320 1338 1791  0  0 73 27
 0 12 834996  58444 118700 10396076    0    0  3260  1004 1373 1762  0  0 80 20
 0 11 834996  58460 118708 10396224    0    0  4104  1064 1365 1809  0  0 87 13
 0  8 834996  56476 118720 10397336    0    0  6052  1696 1583 2360  0  0 81 19
 0 11 834996  56352 118736 10397312    0    0  5368   964 1524 1898  0  0 83 17
 0  7 834996  55840 118744 10397308    0    0  5076   272 1442 2331  0  0 82 18
 0  6 834996  58088 118744 10395432    0    0  6560  1020 1534 2994  0  0 84 16
 0  4 834996  57592 118744 10396616    0    0  5848   256 1363 2800  0  0 89 10
 2  6 834996  59576 118760 10394408    0    0  6936   204 1505 2983  0  0 89 10


ps aux | grep postgres :
postgres  9189  1.7  4.7 991916 782084 ?       Ds   08:45   1:17 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35031) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
postgres  9364  1.4  3.6 979872 598028 ?       Ds   09:15   0:36 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35092) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
postgres  9452  1.0  3.0 981196 499464 ?       Ds   09:20   0:25 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35106) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
postgres  9505  0.4  1.5 965564 249164 ?       Ss   09:30   0:08 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35121) idle
                                                                     
postgres  9508  0.7  1.5 955892 255448 ?       Ds   09:30   0:12 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35124) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
postgres  9530  0.9  0.2 896732 38412 ?        Ds   09:33   0:14 postgres: autovacuum worker process   flows
                                                                     
postgres  9565  0.6  0.2 1093852 44832 ?       Ds   09:34   0:09 postgres: autovacuum worker process   flows
                                                                     
postgres  9569  0.7  0.2 896732 34680 ?        Ds   09:34   0:10 postgres: autovacuum worker process   flows
                                                                     
root      9570  0.0  0.0  69512  3260 pts/3    S+   09:34   0:00 /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/psql -U asa flows
postgres  9571  0.0  0.0 887600  6780 ?        Ss   09:34   0:00 postgres: asa flows [local] idle
                                                                     
postgres  9590  0.4  1.2 965716 211248 ?       Ds   09:39   0:05 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35128) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
postgres  9592  0.4  1.2 963228 199132 ?       Ds   09:39   0:05 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35130) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
postgres  9593  1.2  1.9 962992 327904 ?       Ds   09:39   0:14 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(35131) CREATE INDEX
                                                                     
root      9634  0.0  0.0   2452   152 pts/2    D+   09:58   0:00 grep postgres
postgres 11433  0.0  0.1 885744 26056 ?        S    Dec20   0:17 /usr/lib/postgresql/8.4/bin/postgres -D
/var/lib/postgresql/8.4/main-c config_file=/etc/postgresql/8.4/main/postgresql.conf 
postgres 11435  0.0  4.8 889276 790016 ?       Ds   Dec20  10:44 postgres: writer process
                                                                     
postgres 11436  0.0  0.0 886124   704 ?        Ss   Dec20   1:47 postgres: wal writer process
                                                                     
postgres 11437  0.0  0.0 894472  5104 ?        Ss   Dec20   4:42 postgres: autovacuum launcher process
                                                                     
postgres 11438  0.1  0.0  81956  4768 ?        Ss   Dec20  13:54 postgres: stats collector process
                                                                     
postgres 12443  0.0  4.9 903820 810512 ?       Ss   Dec20   0:58 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58799) idle
                                                                     
postgres 12444  0.0  5.1 945064 844596 ?       Ss   Dec20   6:09 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58800) idle
                                                                     
postgres 12453  0.0  0.0 887384  6864 ?        Ss   Dec20   0:00 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.163(58801) idle
                                                                     
postgres 26141  0.3  5.3 976928 885892 ?       Ss   Dec22  33:47 postgres: asa flows 10.48.168.160(40884) idle

select * from pg_stat_activity :
 datid | datname | procpid | usesysid | usename  |                                             current_query
                                | waiting |          xact_start           |          query_start          |
backend_start        |  client_addr  | client_port  

-------+---------+---------+----------+----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------------+---------------+-------------
 42539 | flows   |    9189 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_31_segment_121_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_31_segment_121"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:07.277654+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:07.277704+01| 2012-12-28 08:45:15.923245+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35031 
 42539 | flows   |   12443 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-27 21:30:35.767577+01 | 2012-12-20
13:00:09.968633+01| 10.48.168.163 |       58799 
 42539 | flows   |    9505 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-28 09:39:38.19554+01  | 2012-12-28
09:30:17.273639+01| 10.48.168.160 |       35121 
 42539 | flows   |   12444 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-27 15:15:22.785422+01 | 2012-12-20
13:00:16.82323+01 | 10.48.168.163 |       58800 
 42539 | flows   |   12453 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-20 13:01:15.019182+01 | 2012-12-20
13:01:15.015847+01| 10.48.168.163 |       58801 
 42539 | flows   |   26141 |    16384 | asa      | <IDLE>
                                | f       |                               | 2012-12-28 06:19:58.348495+01 | 2012-12-22
06:00:55.453306+01| 10.48.168.160 |       40884 
 42539 | flows   |    9364 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_15_segment_129_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_15_segment_129"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:04.464606+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:04.464668+01| 2012-12-28 09:15:23.179672+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35092 
 42539 | flows   |    9530 |       10 | postgres | autovacuum: ANALYZE
public.agg_t254_outgoing_a6_dst_port_and_proto_f5                                | f       | 2012-12-28
09:56:07.444296+01| 2012-12-28 09:56:07.444296+01 | 2012-12-28 09:33:37.591954+01 |               |             
 42539 | flows   |    9565 |       10 | postgres | autovacuum: VACUUM ANALYZE
public.agg_t482_outgoing_a7_src_port_and_proto_f5                         | f       | 2012-12-28 09:41:47.314486+01 |
2012-12-2809:41:47.314486+01 | 2012-12-28 09:34:07.609676+01 |               |             
 42539 | flows   |    9569 |       10 | postgres | autovacuum: ANALYZE
public.agg_t467_incoming_a7_src_port_and_proto_f5                                | f       | 2012-12-28
09:57:24.226429+01| 2012-12-28 09:57:24.226429+01 | 2012-12-28 09:34:37.627542+01 |               |             
 42539 | flows   |    9571 |    16384 | asa      | select * from pg_stat_activity;
                                | f       | 2012-12-28 09:58:39.762966+01 | 2012-12-28 09:58:39.762966+01 | 2012-12-28
09:34:44.817718+01|               |          -1 
 42539 | flows   |    9590 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_29_segment_132_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_29_segment_132"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:05.258448+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:05.258499+01| 2012-12-28 09:39:20.604855+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35128 
 42539 | flows   |    9508 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_26_segment_139_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_26_segment_139"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:04.296674+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:04.296732+01| 2012-12-28 09:30:17.487318+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35124 
 42539 | flows   |    9452 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_21_segment_136_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_21_segment_136"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:06.741216+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:06.741271+01| 2012-12-28 09:20:20.385564+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35106 
 42539 | flows   |    9592 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_17_segment_124_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_17_segment_124"USING btree (timestamp) | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:05.966266+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:05.966332+01| 2012-12-28 09:39:20.649273+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35130 
 42539 | flows   |    9593 |    16384 | asa      | CREATE INDEX "flowpool_2_segment_131_timestamp" ON
"flowpool_2_segment_131"USING btree (timestamp)   | f       | 2012-12-28 09:45:03.358737+01 | 2012-12-28
09:45:03.358818+01| 2012-12-28 09:39:20.671335+01 | 10.48.168.160 |       35131 
(16 rows)


select * from pg_locks :
   locktype    | database | relation | page | tuple | virtualxid | transactionid | classid | objid | objsubid |
virtualtransaction| pid  |           mode           | granted  

---------------+----------+----------+------+-------+------------+---------------+---------+-------+----------+--------------------+------+--------------------------+---------
 relation      |    42539 |    46020 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
9/122778          | 9530 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615251 |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615278 |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   103506 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   103506 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252363 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   105969 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |   105969 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    46019 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
9/122778          | 9530 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    85230 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    85230 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252359 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    49754 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
12/128834         | 9569 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    87756 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    87756 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    82695 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    82695 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | ShareLock                | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615238 |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615271 |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    46016 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
9/122778          | 9530 | ShareUpdateExclusiveLock | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 17/43667   |               |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    50023 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | ShareUpdateExclusiveLock | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252361 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    49750 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
12/128834         | 9569 | ShareUpdateExclusiveLock | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615262 |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615266 |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 12/128834  |               |         |       |          |
12/128834         | 9569 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 1/170450   |               |         |       |          |
1/170450          | 9189 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    10969 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
13/114756         | 9571 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 19/311     |               |         |       |          | 19/311
          | 9592 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252362 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
17/43667          | 9452 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 13/114756  |               |         |       |          |
13/114756         | 9571 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 10/120119  |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    90444 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    90444 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | ShareLock                | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252360 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    93051 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    93051 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | ShareLock                | t 
 transactionid |          |          |      |       |            |      28615245 |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 20/36      |               |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252358 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 relation      |    42539 |  7252357 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          | 20/36
          | 9593 | AccessExclusiveLock      | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 9/122778   |               |         |       |          |
9/122778          | 9530 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    50027 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | RowExclusiveLock         | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 15/112000  |               |         |       |          |
15/112000         | 9590 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 16/99231   |               |         |       |          |
16/99231          | 9508 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    50026 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
10/120119         | 9565 | RowExclusiveLock         | t 
 relation      |    42539 |    49753 |      |       |            |               |         |       |          |
12/128834         | 9569 | AccessShareLock          | t 
 virtualxid    |          |          |      |       | 8/140603   |               |         |       |          |
8/140603          | 9364 | ExclusiveLock            | t 
(49 rows)



Best regards,

Baptiste.

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ALALOOP S.A.S. - Technopole Izarbel - 64210 Bidart
Téléphone : +33 (0) 5 59 41 51 10
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