Technologies/PostgreSQL/postgresql.io.write_time
PostgreSQLPostgreSQLMetric

postgresql.io.write_time

IO write time
Dimensions:None
Available on:Native (1)DatadogDatadog (1)
Interface Metrics (2)
Native
write_time statistic from pg_stat_io
Dimensions:None
DatadogDatadog
The time spent in write operations (if track_io_timing is enabled, otherwise zero). This metric is tagged with backend_type, context, object. Only available with PostgreSQL 16 and newer. (DBM only)
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Technical Annotations (3)

Configuration Parameters (2)
autovacuum_vacuum_cost_delay
Increase to reduce I/O impact during autovacuum
autovacuum_vacuum_cost_limit
Decrease to throttle autovacuum I/O operations
Technical References (1)
Autovacuumcomponent
Related Insights (1)
High-volume write workload causes I/O saturation when autovacuum runswarning