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PostgreSQL performance queries
/* index performance */
SELECT
relname,
100 * idx_scan / (seq_scan + idx_scan) percent_of_times_index_used,
n_live_tup rows_in_table
FROM
pg_stat_user_tables
WHERE
seq_scan + idx_scan > 0
ORDER BY
n_live_tup DESC;
/* Index performance */
--- Index size/usage statistics
SELECT
t.tablename,
indexname,
CAST(c.reltuples AS integer) AS num_rows,
pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(quote_ident(t.tablename)::text)) AS table_size,
pg_size_pretty(pg_relation_size(quote_ident(indexrelname)::text)) AS index_size,
CASE WHEN x.is_unique = 1 THEN 'Y'
ELSE 'N'
END AS UNIQUE,
idx_scan AS number_of_scans,
idx_tup_read AS tuples_read,
idx_tup_fetch AS tuples_fetched
FROM pg_tables t
LEFT OUTER JOIN pg_class c ON t.tablename=c.relname
LEFT OUTER JOIN
(SELECT indrelid,
max(CAST(indisunique AS integer)) AS is_unique
FROM pg_index
GROUP BY indrelid) x
ON c.oid = x.indrelid
LEFT OUTER JOIN
( SELECT c.relname AS ctablename, ipg.relname AS indexname, x.indnatts AS number_of_columns, idx_scan, idx_tup_read, idx_tup_fetch,indexrelname FROM pg_index x
JOIN pg_class c ON c.oid = x.indrelid
JOIN pg_class ipg ON ipg.oid = x.indexrelid
JOIN pg_stat_all_indexes psai ON x.indexrelid = psai.indexrelid )
AS foo
ON t.tablename = foo.ctablename
WHERE t.schemaname='public'
ORDER BY 1,2;
/* Slow query log */
SELECT
(total_time / 1000 / 60) as total_minutes,
(total_time/calls) as average_time,
query
FROM pg_stat_statements
ORDER BY 1 DESC
LIMIT 100;
/* Cache hit rate */
SELECT
sum(heap_blks_read) as heap_read,
sum(heap_blks_hit) as heap_hit,
(sum(heap_blks_hit) - sum(heap_blks_read)) / sum(heap_blks_hit) as ratio
FROM
pg_statio_user_tables;
/* Index cache hit rate */
SELECT
sum(idx_blks_read) as idx_read,
sum(idx_blks_hit) as idx_hit,
(sum(idx_blks_hit) - sum(idx_blks_read)) / sum(idx_blks_hit) as ratio
FROM
pg_statio_user_indexes;
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