On 23.01.2013, at 20:53, AJ Weber <awe...@comcast.net> wrote:

> I have a server that is IO-bound right now (it's 4 cores, and top indicates 
> the use rarely hits 25%, but the Wait spikes above 25-40% regularly).  The 
> server is running postgresql 9.0 and tomcat 6.  As I have mentioned in a 
> previous thread, I can't alter the hardware to add disks unfortunately, so 
> I'm going to try and move postgresql off this application server to its own 
> host, but this is a production environment, so in the meantime...
> 
> Is it possible that some spikes in IO could be attributable to the autovacuum 
> process?  Is there a way to check this theory?
> 

Try iotop

> Would it be advisable (or even permissible to try/test) to disable 
> autovacuum, and schedule a manual vacuumdb in the middle of the night, when 
> this server is mostly-idle?
> 
> Thanks for any tips.  I'm in a bit of a jam with my limited hardware.
> 
> -AJ
> 
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