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SYSTEM CATALOGS / STATISTICS VIEWS

PostgreSQL accesses certain on-disk information via SLRU (simple least-recently-used) caches.

Kind
Statistics views
Columns in this snapshot
9
Definition source
English manual

Columns 9

ColumnTypeDescription / reference
nametextName of the SLRU
blks_zeroedbigintNumber of blocks zeroed during initializations
blks_hitbigintNumber of times disk blocks were found already in the SLRU, so that a read was not necessary (this only includes hits in the SLRU, not the operating system's file system cache)
blks_readbigintNumber of disk blocks read for this SLRU
blks_writtenbigintNumber of disk blocks written for this SLRU
blks_existsbigintNumber of blocks checked for existence for this SLRU
flushesbigintNumber of flushes of dirty data for this SLRU
truncatesbigintNumber of truncates for this SLRU
stats_resettimestamp with time zoneTime at which these statistics were last reset
Column history across versions
Version history 2
  1. PG 16 → 17changed
  2. PG 12 → 13added

Definition snapshot: english-manuals:c48c255bb00fa960c1b7f41bce4… · English manual source