psql queries to quickly Identify & resolve database performance problems
As a seasoned data store engineer, I often find myself in situations where a production application is down due to some sort of performance issue and I am being asked “What’s wrong with the database?”. In almost all these situations, the database (along with the DBA) is automatically considered guilty until proven innocent. As a DBA, I need the tools and knowledge to help quickly determine the actual problem, if there is one, because maybe there’s nothing wrong with the database or the database server. My favorite approach to start with data driven performance analysis using PostgreSQL systems catalog
In below post, I am sharing bunch of PostgreSQL system catalog queries that can be used to troubleshoot database engine performance
Continue reading “PostgreSQL-Diagnostic-Queries”Postgres system catalogs are a place where database management system stores schema metadata, such as information about tables and columns, and internal bookkeeping information. PostgreSQL’s system catalogs are regular tables.
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