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Postgres disk vs cache
-- perform a "select pg_stat_reset();" when you want to reset counter statistics
with
all_tables as
(
SELECT *
FROM (
SELECT 'all'::text as table_name,
sum( (coalesce(heap_blks_read,0) + coalesce(idx_blks_read,0) + coalesce(toast_blks_read,0) + coalesce(tidx_blks_read,0)) ) as from_disk,
sum( (coalesce(heap_blks_hit,0) + coalesce(idx_blks_hit,0) + coalesce(toast_blks_hit,0) + coalesce(tidx_blks_hit,0)) ) as from_cache
FROM pg_statio_all_tables --> change to pg_statio_USER_tables if you want to check only user tables (excluding postgres's own tables)
) a
WHERE (from_disk + from_cache) > 0 -- discard tables without hits
),
tables as
(
SELECT *
FROM (
SELECT relname as table_name,
( (coalesce(heap_blks_read,0) + coalesce(idx_blks_read,0) + coalesce(toast_blks_read,0) + coalesce(tidx_blks_read,0)) ) as from_disk,
( (coalesce(heap_blks_hit,0) + coalesce(idx_blks_hit,0) + coalesce(toast_blks_hit,0) + coalesce(tidx_blks_hit,0)) ) as from_cache
FROM pg_statio_all_tables --> change to pg_statio_USER_tables if you want to check only user tables (excluding postgres's own tables)
) a
WHERE (from_disk + from_cache) > 0 -- discard tables without hits
)
SELECT table_name as "table name",
from_disk as "disk hits",
round((from_disk::numeric / (from_disk + from_cache)::numeric)*100.0,2) as "% disk hits",
round((from_cache::numeric / (from_disk + from_cache)::numeric)*100.0,2) as "% cache hits",
(from_disk + from_cache) as "total hits"
FROM (SELECT * FROM all_tables UNION ALL SELECT * FROM tables) a
ORDER BY (case when table_name = 'all' then 0 else 1 end), from_disk desc;
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