Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > As I just wrote in another message in this thread, I don't trust system > load metrics very much as a gatekeeper. They are reasonable for > long-term charting to discover trends, but there are numerous potential > problems for using them for this kind of resource control thing.
As a note in support of that, sendmail has a "feature" to suppress service if system load gets above X, which I have never found to do anything except result in self-DOSing. The load spike might not have anything to do with the service that is trying to un-spike things. Even if it does, Peter is correct to note that the response delay is much too long to form part of a useful feedback loop. It could be all right for scheduling activities whose length is comparable to the load average measurement interval, but not for short-term decisions. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers