/haskell-pg-extras

Haskell PostgreSQL database performance insights. Locks, index usage, buffer cache hit ratios, vacuum stats and more.

Primary LanguageHaskellMIT LicenseMIT

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Haskell port of Heroku PG Extras with several additions and improvements. The goal of this project is to provide powerful insights into the PostgreSQL database for Haskell apps that are not using the Heroku PostgreSQL plugin.

Queries can be used to obtain information about a Postgres instance, that may be useful when analyzing performance issues. This includes information about locks, index usage, buffer cache hit ratios and vacuum statistics. Haskell API enables developers to easily integrate the tool into e.g. automatic monitoring tasks.

You can check out this blog post for detailed step by step tutorial on how to optimize PostgreSQL using PG Extras library.

Alternative versions:

Installation

In your .cabal file:

pg-extras

Some of the queries (e.g., calls) require pg_stat_statements extension enabled.

You can check if it is enabled in your database by running:

extrasExtensions databaseUrl

You should see the similar line in the output:

| pg_stat_statements  | 1.7  | 1.7 | track execution statistics of all SQL statements executed |

Usage

The package needs the databaseUrl value in the following format:

"postgresql://postgres:secret@localhost:5432/database_name"

You can run queries using a simple Haskell API:

import PGExtras

extrasCacheHit databaseUrl
+----------------+------------------------+
|        Index and table hit rate         |
+----------------+------------------------+
| name           | ratio                  |
+----------------+------------------------+
| index hit rate | 0.97796610169491525424 |
| table hit rate | 0.96724294813466787989 |
+----------------+------------------------+

Alternatively you can use the rows suffix to return the query result instead of displaying it:

extrasCacheHitRows databaseUrl

[(Just "index hit rate", 0.987),(Just "table hit rate", 0.967)]

Available methods

extrasCacheHit

extrasCacheHit databaseUrl

      name      |         ratio
----------------+------------------------
 index hit rate | 0.99957765013541945832
 table hit rate |                   1.00
(2 rows)

This command provides information on the efficiency of the buffer cache, for both index reads (index hit rate) as well as table reads (table hit rate). A low buffer cache hit ratio can be a sign that the Postgres instance is too small for the workload.

More info

extrasIndexCacheHit

extrasIndexCacheHit databaseUrl

| name                  | buffer_hits | block_reads | total_read | ratio             |
+-----------------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+
| teams                 | 187665      | 109         | 187774     | 0.999419514948821 |
| subscriptions         | 5160        | 6           | 5166       | 0.99883855981417  |
| plans                 | 5718        | 9           | 5727       | 0.998428496595076 |
(truncated results for brevity)

The same as extrasCacheHit with each table's indexes cache hit info displayed separately.

More info

extrasTableCacheHit

extrasTableCacheHit databaseUrl

| name                  | buffer_hits | block_reads | total_read | ratio             |
+-----------------------+-------------+-------------+------------+-------------------+
| plans                 | 32123       | 2           | 32125      | 0.999937743190662 |
| subscriptions         | 95021       | 8           | 95029      | 0.999915815172211 |
| teams                 | 171637      | 200         | 171837     | 0.99883610631005  |
(truncated results for brevity)

The same as extrasCacheHit with each table's cache hit info displayed seperately.

More info

extrasIndexUsage

extrasIndexUsage databaseUrl

       relname       | percent_of_times_index_used | rows_in_table
---------------------+-----------------------------+---------------
 events              |                          65 |       1217347
 app_infos           |                          74 |        314057
 app_infos_user_info |                           0 |        198848
 user_info           |                           5 |         94545
 delayed_jobs        |                          27 |             0
(5 rows)

This command provides information on the efficiency of indexes, represented as what percentage of total scans were index scans. A low percentage can indicate under indexing, or wrong data being indexed.

extrasLocks

extrasLocks databaseUrl

 procpid | relname | transactionid | granted |     query_snippet     | mode             |       age
---------+---------+---------------+---------+-----------------------+-------------------------------------
   31776 |         |               | t       | <IDLE> in transaction | ExclusiveLock    |  00:19:29.837898
   31776 |         |          1294 | t       | <IDLE> in transaction | RowExclusiveLock |  00:19:29.837898
   31912 |         |               | t       | select * from hello;  | ExclusiveLock    |  00:19:17.94259
    3443 |         |               | t       |                      +| ExclusiveLock    |  00:00:00
         |         |               |         |    select            +|                  |
         |         |               |         |      pg_stat_activi   |                  |
(4 rows)

This command displays queries that have taken out an exclusive lock on a relation. Exclusive locks typically prevent other operations on that relation from taking place, and can be a cause of "hung" queries that are waiting for a lock to be granted.

More info

extrasAllLocks

extrasAllLocks databaseUrl

This command displays all the current locks, regardless of their type.

extrasCalls

extrasCalls databaseUrl

                   qry                   |    exec_time     | prop_exec_time |   ncalls    | sync_io_time
-----------------------------------------+------------------+----------------+-------------+--------------
 SELECT * FROM usage_events WHERE (alp.. | 01:18:11.073333  | 0.6%           | 102,120,780 | 00:00:00
 BEGIN                                   | 00:00:51.285988  | 0.0%           | 47,288,662  | 00:00:00
 COMMIT                                  | 00:00:52.31724   | 0.0%           | 47,288,615  | 00:00:00
 SELECT * FROM  archivable_usage_event.. | 154:39:26.431466 | 72.2%          | 34,211,877  | 00:00:00
 UPDATE usage_events SET reporter_id =.. | 00:52:35.986167  | 0.4%           | 23,788,388  | 00:00:00
 INSERT INTO usage_events (id, retaine.. | 00:49:25.260245  | 0.4%           | 21,990,326  | 00:00:00
 INSERT INTO usage_events (id, retaine.. | 01:42:59.436532  | 0.8%           | 12,328,187  | 00:00:00
(truncated results for brevity)

This command is much like pg:outliers, but ordered by the number of times a statement has been called.

More info

extrasBlocking

extrasBlocking databaseUrl

 blocked_pid |    blocking_statement    | blocking_duration | blocking_pid |                                        blocked_statement                           | blocked_duration
-------------+--------------------------+-------------------+--------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------
         461 | select count(*) from app | 00:00:03.838314   |        15682 | UPDATE "app" SET "updated_at" = '2013-03-04 15:07:04.746688' WHERE "id" = 12823149 | 00:00:03.821826
(1 row)

This command displays statements that are currently holding locks that other statements are waiting to be released. This can be used in conjunction with pg:locks to determine which statements need to be terminated in order to resolve lock contention.

More info

extrasTotalIndexSize

extrasTotalIndexSize databaseUrl

  size
-------
 28194 MB
(1 row)

This command displays the total size of all indexes on the database, in MB. It is calculated by taking the number of pages (reported in relpages) and multiplying it by the page size (8192 bytes).

extrasIndexSize

extrasIndexSize databaseUrl

                             name                              |  size
---------------------------------------------------------------+---------
 idx_activity_attemptable_and_type_lesson_enrollment           | 5196 MB
 index_enrollment_attemptables_by_attempt_and_last_in_group    | 4045 MB
 index_attempts_on_student_id                                  | 2611 MB
 enrollment_activity_attemptables_pkey                         | 2513 MB
 index_attempts_on_student_id_final_attemptable_type           | 2466 MB
 attempts_pkey                                                 | 2466 MB
 index_attempts_on_response_id                                 | 2404 MB
 index_attempts_on_enrollment_id                               | 1957 MB
 index_enrollment_attemptables_by_enrollment_activity_id       | 1789 MB
 enrollment_activities_pkey                                    |  458 MB
(truncated results for brevity)

This command displays the size of each each index in the database, in MB. It is calculated by taking the number of pages (reported in relpages) and multiplying it by the page size (8192 bytes).

extrasTableSize

extrasTableSize databaseUrl

                             name                              |  size
---------------------------------------------------------------+---------
 learning_coaches                                              |  196 MB
 states                                                        |  145 MB
 grade_levels                                                  |  111 MB
 charities_customers                                           |   73 MB
 charities                                                     |   66 MB
(truncated results for brevity)

This command displays the size of each table and materialized view in the database, in MB. It is calculated by using the system administration function pg_table_size(), which includes the size of the main data fork, free space map, visibility map and TOAST data.

extrasTableIndexesSize

extrasTableIndexesSize databaseUrl

                             table                             | indexes_size
---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------
 learning_coaches                                              |    153 MB
 states                                                        |    125 MB
 charities_customers                                           |     93 MB
 charities                                                     |     16 MB
 grade_levels                                                  |     11 MB
(truncated results for brevity)

This command displays the total size of indexes for each table and materialized view, in MB. It is calculated by using the system administration function pg_indexes_size().

extrasTotalTableSize

extrasTotalTableSize databaseUrl

                             name                              |  size
---------------------------------------------------------------+---------
 learning_coaches                                              |  349 MB
 states                                                        |  270 MB
 charities_customers                                           |  166 MB
 grade_levels                                                  |  122 MB
 charities                                                     |   82 MB
(truncated results for brevity)

This command displays the total size of each table and materialized view in the database, in MB. It is calculated by using the system administration function pg_total_relation_size(), which includes table size, total index size and TOAST data.

extrasUnusedIndexes

extrasUnusedIndexes databaseUrl

          table      |                       index                | index_size | index_scans
---------------------+--------------------------------------------+------------+-------------
 public.grade_levels | index_placement_attempts_on_grade_level_id | 97 MB      |           0
 public.observations | observations_attrs_grade_resources         | 33 MB      |           0
 public.messages     | user_resource_id_idx                       | 12 MB      |           0
(3 rows)

This command displays indexes that have < 50 scans recorded against them, and are greater than 5 pages in size, ordered by size relative to the number of index scans. This command is generally useful for eliminating indexes that are unused, which can impact write performance, as well as read performance should they occupy space in memory.

More info

extrasSeqScans

extrasSeqScans databaseUrl


               name                |  count
-----------------------------------+----------
 learning_coaches                  | 44820063
 states                            | 36794975
 grade_levels                      | 13972293
 charities_customers               |  8615277
 charities                         |  4316276
 messages                          |  3922247
 contests_customers                |  2915972
 classroom_goals                   |  2142014
(truncated results for brevity)

This command displays the number of sequential scans recorded against all tables, descending by count of sequential scans. Tables that have very high numbers of sequential scans may be under-indexed, and it may be worth investigating queries that read from these tables.

More info

extrasLongRunningQueries

extrasLongRunningQueries databaseUrl


  pid  |    duration     |                                      query
-------+-----------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 19578 | 02:29:11.200129 | EXPLAIN SELECT  "students".* FROM "students"  WHERE "students"."id" = 1450645 LIMIT 1
 19465 | 02:26:05.542653 | EXPLAIN SELECT  "students".* FROM "students"  WHERE "students"."id" = 1889881 LIMIT 1
 19632 | 02:24:46.962818 | EXPLAIN SELECT  "students".* FROM "students"  WHERE "students"."id" = 1581884 LIMIT 1
(truncated results for brevity)

This command displays currently running queries, that have been running for longer than 5 minutes, descending by duration. Very long running queries can be a source of multiple issues, such as preventing DDL statements completing or vacuum being unable to update relfrozenxid.

extrasRecordsRank

extrasRecordsRank databaseUrl

               name                | estimated_count
-----------------------------------+-----------------
 tastypie_apiaccess                |          568891
 notifications_event               |          381227
 core_todo                         |          178614
 core_comment                      |          123969
 notifications_notification        |          102101
 django_session                    |           68078
 (truncated results for brevity)

This command displays an estimated count of rows per table, descending by estimated count. The estimated count is derived from n_live_tup, which is updated by vacuum operations. Due to the way n_live_tup is populated, sparse vs. dense pages can result in estimations that are significantly out from the real count of rows.

extrasBloat

extrasBloat databaseUrl


 type  | schemaname |           object_name         | bloat |   waste
-------+------------+-------------------------------+-------+----------
 table | public     | bloated_table                 |   1.1 | 98 MB
 table | public     | other_bloated_table           |   1.1 | 58 MB
 index | public     | bloated_table::bloated_index  |   3.7 | 34 MB
 table | public     | clean_table                   |   0.2 | 3808 kB
 table | public     | other_clean_table             |   0.3 | 1576 kB
 (truncated results for brevity)

This command displays an estimation of table "bloat" – space allocated to a relation that is full of dead tuples, that has yet to be reclaimed. Tables that have a high bloat ratio, typically 10 or greater, should be investigated to see if vacuuming is aggressive enough, and can be a sign of high table churn.

More info

extrasVacuumStats

extrasVacuumStats databaseUrl

 schema |         table         | last_vacuum | last_autovacuum  |    rowcount    | dead_rowcount  | autovacuum_threshold | expect_autovacuum
--------+-----------------------+-------------+------------------+----------------+----------------+----------------------+-------------------
 public | log_table             |             | 2013-04-26 17:37 |         18,030 |              0 |          3,656       |
 public | data_table            |             | 2013-04-26 13:09 |             79 |             28 |             66       |
 public | other_table           |             | 2013-04-26 11:41 |             41 |             47 |             58       |
 public | queue_table           |             | 2013-04-26 17:39 |             12 |          8,228 |             52       | yes
 public | picnic_table          |             |                  |             13 |              0 |             53       |
 (truncated results for brevity)

This command displays statistics related to vacuum operations for each table, including an estimation of dead rows, last autovacuum and the current autovacuum threshold. This command can be useful when determining if current vacuum thresholds require adjustments, and to determine when the table was last vacuumed.

extrasKillAll

extrasKillAll databaseUrl

This commands kills all the currently active connections to the database. It can be useful as a last resort when your database is stuck in a deadlock.

extrasExtensions

extrasExtensions databaseUrl

This command lists all the currently installed and available PostgreSQL extensions.

extrasMandelbrot

extrasMandelbrot databaseUrl

This command outputs the Mandelbrot set, calculated through SQL.