PostgreSQL 11

This page describes the Optimization Pack for the component type PostgreSQL 11.

Metrics

Concurrency

Parameter
Unit
Description

pg_connections

connections

The number of connections in the db.

Transactions

Parameter
Unit
Description

pg_start_time

seconds

The total amount time spent by postresql to boot up.

pg_commits

commits/s

The number of transactions committed per second.

pg_rollbacks

rollbacks/s

The number of transactions rollbacked per second.

Checkpoints

Parameter
Unit
Description

pg_checkpoint_executed

checkpoints/s

The total number of checkpoint operations executed by postgresql.

Disks

Metric
Unit
Description

pg_disk_used

bytes

The amount of disk space used by postgresql.

pg_blocks_read

blocks/s

The number of blocks read per second by postgresql.

pg_blocks_cache_hit

blocks/s

Number of blocks found in the buffer cache.

pg_backend_fsync_count

syncs

The total number of times postgresql executed a sync of data to disk.

Parameters

Concurrency

Parameter
Type
Unit
Default value
Domain
Restart
Description

pg_effective_io_concurrency

integer

iops

1

01000

no

The number of simultaneous requests that can be handled efficiently by the disk subsystem.

Background Writer

Parameter
Type
Unit
Default value
Domain
Restart
Description

pg_bgwriter_delay

integer

milliseconds

200

1010000

no

The delay between activity rounds for the background writer.

pg_bgwriter_lru_maxpages

integer

buffers

100

01073741823

no

The maximum number of LRU pages to flush per round by the background writer.

Checkpoints

Parameter
Type
Unit
Default value
Domain
Restart
Description

pg_checkpoint_completion_target

real

0.5

0.01.0

no

The time spent flushing dirty buffers during checkpoint, as fraction of checkpoint interval.

Disks

Parameter
Type
Unit
Default value
Restart
Description

pg_effective_cache_size

integer

kilobytes

524288

12147483647

no

The planner's assumption about the effective size of the disk cache available to a single query. A higher value makes it more likely index scans will be used, a lower value makes it more likely sequential scans will be used.

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