[Pgpool-general] pgpool-II 2.2.5 slamming the CPU

[Glyn Astill]

--- On Tue, 24/11/09, Aleksey Tsalolikhin <atsaloli.tech at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Aleksey Tsalolikhin <atsaloli.tech at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Pgpool-general] pgpool-II 2.2.5 slamming the CPU
> To: pgpool-general at pgfoundry.org
> Date: Tuesday, 24 November, 2009, 0:26
> Hi.  We have our pgpool-II
> configured with
> 
> num_init_children = 64
> 
> and I see the number of processes in the run queue goes
> from nothing to 64
> then to nothing again; this causes the load average to
> spike sharply which
> rings alarm bells in the monitoring system.
> 
> I don't suppose it's possible to spread this workload out a
> bit so it does not
> spike so sharp?
> 
> 

Out of interest, what kernel are you on?