On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 10:05:33AM +0530, Gurjeet Singh wrote: > I just ran DROP SCHEMA _<slony schema> CASCADE; and it spiked again, on a > very low loaded box!!
Ah, well, if slony is involved, then you have possible locking problems in the database _also_ to contend with, along with the spinlock problems. This will for sure cause spikes. You need to tell us more about what you're doing. And I bet some of it belongs on the slony lists. A -- Andrew Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 503 667 4564 x104 http://www.commandprompt.com/ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers