This is the last post in the Datadog series. Previous two: PostgreSQL Metrics in Datadog and Sending Metrics to Datadog with Java showed a need to report data and how to do it. This one will focus on how those metrics can be observed and used.
Tag: postgresql
PostgreSQL Metrics in Datadog
I currently work on a project were AWS RDS PostgreSQL is used as a data storage. Since Postgres is using a mechanism called Multiversion Concurrency Control – MVCC, an UPDATE or DELETE command does not remove old versions of a row immediately. These are left on a disk, waiting to be collected and cleaned by a vacuum process. Vacuum can be automated and autovacuum serves that purpose.
Once autovacuum is configured, how do I know it works as expected? Is it triggered when I expect it to be?
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