5mins of Postgres E5: Debugging a 100% CPU utilization spike with Postgres EXPLAIN and perf

Опубликовано: 31 Март 2026
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Today, we'll take a look at a hairy Postgres incident and how we can use Postgres EXPLAIN and the Linux perf command to debug high CPU utilization in Postgres.

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What we have discussed in this episode of 5mins of Postgres:

A Hairy PostgreSQL Incident: https://ardentperf.com/2022/02/10/a-h...

Profiling with perf (Postgres Wiki): https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Prof...

0x.tools by Tanel Poder: https://0x.tools/#cpu-profiling

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