Listen "Wait events"
Episode Synopsis
Nikolay and Michael discuss wait events — what they are, why we have them, and how to use them to help diagnose performance issues. Here are links to a few things we mentioned: Wait events table (docs)9.6 release notesPostgreSQL Scalability (blog post by Alexander Korotkov)Wait event analysis in pganalyzeauto_explainDatabase Lab Enginetrack_io_timingpg_test_timingpgBadgerCorootOkmeterpgwatch2 Postgres.ai Editionpg_wait_samplingpgsentinelDatadogAWS RDS docs for PostgreSQL wait eventspgMustard newsletterPASH ViewerpgCenterIntro to query optimisation episodeMonitoring checklist episode------------------------What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know by tweeting us on @samokhvalov / @michristofides / @PostgresFM, or by commenting on our Google doc.If you would like to share this episode, here's a good link (and thank you!)Postgres FM is brought to you by:Nikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.aiMichael Christofides, founder of pgMustardWith special thanks to:Jessie Draws for the amazing artwork
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