Even if there is no external write or query load, InfluxDB is writing statistics about itself back to itself. Any configured continuous queries will also require resources. In addition, there are housekeeping chores related to Raft and file compaction that can cause a low steady-state level of CPU usage.
On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 1:46 AM, Teemu Kanstrén <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > We have a server running InfluxDB v0.9 and "top" is showing the > "influxdb" process always has some CPU load typically between 5-10%. If I > understand top output correctly, this is just for a single core so not a > huge load. But still would be nice to know what might be causing this. > There are no active queries and monitoring port 8086 shows no traffic. Some > connections on that port seem to be alive but no data is passed. > > Is there some background process the database on the database that can > cause the CPU load? > > Updating to a newer version is a possibility but before that I would like > to understand if this is due to some general architectural feature of > InfluxDB or maybe something on our end. > > Cheers, > -Teemu > > -- > Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "InfluxDB" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/influxdb/08be5561-697c-496e-a51d-9e4b4a5c9aa5%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/08be5561-697c-496e-a51d-9e4b4a5c9aa5%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sean Beckett Director of Support and Professional Services InfluxDB -- Remember to include the InfluxDB version number with all issue reports --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "InfluxDB" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/influxdb. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/influxdb/CALGqCvNgzbXS23QsusJT0o7uifzeQ%2Bj3w9gxqnko59EDB2o4LQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
