On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:27 AM, <jesper@krogh.cc> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I have a transaction running at the database for around 20 hours .. still
> isn't done. But during the last hours it has come to the point where it
> really hurts performance of "other queries".
What is your transaction doing during this time?
> Given pg_stat_activity output there seems to be no locks interfering but
> the overall cpu-usage of all queries continue to rise. iowait numbers are
> also very low.
What does
select count(*) from pg_stat_activity where waiting;
say?
> What can I do to make the system handle other queries better?
Really kinda depends on what your transaction is doing.